86R747 KEL-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 1994
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of certain real property in the city of
Laredo from The University of Texas System to The Texas A&M
University System and to the uses of that property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The following real property in the city of Laredo
is transferred from The University of Texas System to The Texas A&M
University System:
(1) Blocks 22 and 30, Laredo Airport Subdivision, Webb
County, Texas; and
(2) Lot 3, Block 23, Laredo Airport Subdivision, Webb
County, Texas.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.506 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.506. LEASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS SYSTEM. (a) This section applies to the property located in
the city of Laredo that was transferred to The Texas A&M University
System from The University of Texas System by an act of the 86th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019.
(b) Subject to the provisions of this section, the board of
regents of The Texas A&M University System may use the property for
any purposes related to Texas A&M International University or may
lease any portion of the property that is not needed for those
purposes.
(c) On request of The University of Texas System, the board
of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall lease at least a
portion of the property to The University of Texas System for use by
that system for the campus extension of The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio in the city of Laredo
authorized by Subchapter M, Chapter 74. The portion of the property
leased under this section may not be less than the portion of the
property in active use for that campus extension in the 2018-2019
academic year unless The University of Texas System consents to
lease a smaller portion. The lease payments charged may not exceed
the total amount of direct and indirect costs incurred by The Texas
A&M University System to maintain the portion of the property being
leased.
(d) The requirement to lease at least a portion of the
property under Subsection (c) expires if The University of Texas
System ceases to use the property for purposes of the campus
extension for one or more academic years or notifies The Texas A&M
University System that it no longer elects to lease the property for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020.