85R8052 JRJ-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 2242
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a college of veterinary medicine
at Texas A&M University--Kingsville.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.303 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.303. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE COLLEGE OF
VETERINARY MEDICINE. (a) The board may establish and operate a
college of veterinary medicine as a professional school of Texas
A&M University--Kingsville.
(b) The college of veterinary medicine shall specialize in
training veterinarians in operating a large animal practice.
(c) In administering the college of veterinary medicine,
the board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees
offered at other leading American colleges of veterinary medicine
and may award those degrees.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.