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1	1		87R9551 KJE-D
2		-	By: Stucky, Crockett, A. Johnson of Harris, H.B. No. 2705
3		-	Parker, Raney
	2	+	By: Stucky H.B. No. 2705
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6	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	6		AN ACT
8	7		relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas
9	8		Woman's University System.
10	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	10		SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 107, Education Code, is
12	11		amended to read as follows:
13	12		CHAPTER 107. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
14	13		SECTION 2. Section 107.01, Education Code, is amended to
15	14		read as follows:
16	15		Sec. 107.01. TEXAS WOMAN'S [LOCATION AND PURPOSE OF]
17	16		UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. The Texas Woman's University System is a
18	17		woman-focused system composed of:
19	18		(1) Texas Woman's University;
20	19		(2) Texas Woman's University at Dallas; and
21	20		(3) Texas Woman's University at Houston [an
22	21		institution of higher education for women with its main campus at
23	22		Denton].
24	23		SECTION 3. Section 107.21, Education Code, is amended to
25	24		read as follows:
26	25		Sec. 107.21. BOARD OF REGENTS. (a) The board of regents of
27	26		the system [university] is composed of nine persons, four of whom
28	27		must [shall] be women, appointed by the governor with the advice and
29	28		consent of the senate.
30	29		(b) Each member of the board must [shall] be a qualified
31	30		voter, [;] and the members must [shall] be selected from different
32	31		portions of the state.
33	32		(c) The members hold office for staggered terms of six
34	33		years, with the terms of three expiring February 1 of odd-numbered
35	34		years.
36	35		SECTION 4. Section 107.23, Education Code, is amended to
37	36		read as follows:
38	37		Sec. 107.23. BOARD MEETINGS; MINUTES. The presiding
39	38		officer shall convene the board to consider any business connected
40	39		with the system [university] whenever the presiding officer deems
41	40		it expedient. A full record shall be kept of all the board's
42	41		proceedings.
43	42		SECTION 5. Section 107.42, Education Code, is amended to
44	43		read as follows:
45	44		Sec. 107.42. STAFF. (a) The board shall appoint a chief
46	45		executive officer [president] of the system [university] and other
47	46		officers and employees it deems proper and shall fix their
48	47		salaries.
49	48		(b) The chief executive officer of the system shall also
50	49		serve as the president of Texas Woman's University.
51	50		(c) The board shall make rules and regulations for the
52	51		government of the system's [university's] staff as it deems
53	52		advisable.
54	53		SECTION 6. Section 107.44, Education Code, is amended to
55	54		read as follows:
56	55		Sec. 107.44. RULES AND REGULATIONS. The board shall adopt
57	56		rules and regulations it deems necessary to carry out the purposes
58	57		of the system [institution] and to enforce the faithful discharge
59	58		of the duties of all officers, professors, and students.
60	59		SECTION 7. Section 107.45(a), Education Code, is amended to
61	60		read as follows:
62	61		(a) The board of regents has the power of eminent domain to
63	62		acquire for the use of the system [university] in the manner
64	63		prescribed by Chapter 21, Property Code, any real property that may
65	64		be necessary and proper for carrying out its purposes.
66	65		SECTION 8. Section 107.46, Education Code, is amended to
67	66		read as follows:
68	67		Sec. 107.46. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The board is
69	68		specifically authorized, upon terms and conditions acceptable to
70	69		it, to accept, retain, and administer gifts, grants, or donations
71	70		of any kind, including real estate or money, from any source, for
72	71		use by the system [university], and to carry out the directions,
73	72		limitations, and provisions declared in writing in the gifts,
74	73		grants, or donations.
75	74		SECTION 9. Section 107.62, Education Code, is amended to
76	75		read as follows:
77	76		Sec. 107.62. OBLIGATIONS; PLEDGE OF REVENUE. In payment
78	77		for the erecting and equipping of dormitories and improvements, the
79	78		board may issue its obligations in the amount and on the terms
80	79		deemed advisable by the board. As security the board may pledge the
81	80		income from the dormitories and improvements erected or from other
82	81		dormitories owned by the system [university], as well as all other
83	82		revenue derived by the system [university] from other sources,
84	83		except revenue derived by means of appropriations made for a
85	84		specific purpose by the legislature.
86	85		SECTION 10. Section 107.63, Education Code, is amended to
87	86		read as follows:
88	87		Sec. 107.63. SALE OF REAL ESTATE. The board may sell or
89	88		encumber any part of [the campus or] real property [estate] owned by
90	89		the system [university] for the purpose of obtaining funds with
91	90		which to erect and equip these improvements or for the purpose of
92	91		securing the payment of its obligations issued to any person, firm,
93	92		or corporation for the erecting or equipping of these improvements.
94	93		SECTION 11. Section 107.64, Education Code, is amended to
95	94		read as follows:
96	95		Sec. 107.64. REQUIRED DORMITORY RESIDENCE. The board may
97	96		adopt regulations it deems reasonable requiring any class or
98	97		classes of students to reside in system [university] dormitories or
99	98		other buildings.
100	99		SECTION 12. Section 107.65, Education Code, is amended to
101	100		read as follows:
102	101		Sec. 107.65. MANAGEMENT OF DORMITORIES. The board has
103	102		absolute and sole management and control of system [university]
104	103		dormitories and other improvements.
105	104		SECTION 13. Section 107.67, Education Code, is amended to
106	105		read as follows:
107	106		Sec. 107.67. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS. In the erecting,
108	107		or in contracts for the erecting, of dormitories and other
109	108		improvements, the board may not in any manner incur any
110	109		indebtedness against the system [university] except as provided in
111	110		Sections 107.62 and 107.63 [of this code]. The obligations incurred
112	111		in the erecting of dormitories and other improvements may never be
113	112		personal obligations of the system [university] but shall be
114	113		discharged solely from the revenue or property authorized to be
115	114		pledged for that purpose.
116	115		SECTION 14. Section 107.69(a), Education Code, is amended
117	116		to read as follows:
118	117		(a) The board may establish an historical collection of
119	118		items illustrating the history of women in Texas. The historical
120	119		collection is to be housed in a building belonging to the system
121	120		[university] and is to be known as "The History of Texas Women."
122	121		When established, the historical collection may be designated a
123	122		state historical collection and shall be for the use and enjoyment
124	123		of all citizens of Texas.
125	124		SECTION 15. Section 107.81(a), Education Code, is amended
126	125		to read as follows:
127	126		(a) Campus security personnel commissioned under Section
128	127		51.203 [of this code] have concurrent jurisdiction with police
129	128		officers of a municipality in which a component institution of the
130	129		system is located [the City of Denton] to enforce all criminal laws,
131	130		including traffic laws, of the state and all ordinances of the
132	131		municipality [city] regulating traffic on any public street running
133	132		through the property of the system [university] and on any public
134	133		street immediately adjacent to property owned or occupied and
135	134		controlled by the system [university].
136	135		SECTION 16. Sections 107.82(a), (c), (d), and (e),
137	136		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
138	137		(a) The board of regents and the governing body of a
139	138		municipality in which a component institution of the system is
140	139		located [city council of Denton] may enter into written agreements,
141	140		authorized by resolution of each governing body, to authorize the
142	141		regular employed peace officers of the system [university] to
143	142		assist the peace officers of the municipality [city] in enforcing
144	143		the laws of the state and the ordinances of the municipality [city]
145	144		at any location in the municipality [city].
146	145		(c) While acting pursuant to the agreement in Subsection (a)
147	146		[above] and when such act is outside the property of the system
148	147		[university] or outside any public street running through, adjacent
149	148		to, or within property owned or occupied and controlled by the
150	149		system [university], the peace officers of the system [university]
151	150		are under the jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the
152	151		municipality [Denton].
153	152		(d) Neither the state nor the system [university] is liable
154	153		for actions of a campus police officer acting under the
155	154		jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the municipality
156	155		[Denton].
157	156		(e) The system has [university shall have] jurisdiction
158	157		over its personnel and students upon property owned by the system
159	158		[university] to the extent that it may:
160	159		(1) assign and regulate parking spaces for its use and
161	160		charge and collect appropriate fees for parking and improper
162	161		parking;
163	162		(2) prohibit parking where it deems necessary; and
164	163		(3) set and collect fees for and remove vehicles
165	164		parked in violation of its rules and regulations or the laws of the
166	165		State of Texas.
167	166		SECTION 17. Section 107.83, Education Code, is amended to
168	167		read as follows:
169	168		Sec. 107.83. CITY DELEGATION OF PARKING REGULATION
170	169		AUTHORITY. (a) By contract between the municipality [city] and the
171	170		system [university], the governing body [city council] of the
172	171		municipality in which a component institution of the system is
173	172		located [Denton] may delegate to the system [university] the
174	173		authority to regulate the parking of vehicles on any public street
175	174		running through or immediately adjacent to property owned or
176	175		occupied and controlled by the system [university].
177	176		(b) The contract may authorize the system [university] to
178	177		assign and regulate parking spaces for its use, to charge and
179	178		collect a fee from its personnel and students for parking, to
180	179		prohibit parking, and to charge and collect a fee for removing
181	180		vehicles parked in violation of law or ordinance or in violation of
182	181		a rule governing the parking of vehicles adopted by the board. All
183	182		parking violations shall be filed in the municipal court [Municipal
184	183		Court of Denton] or the justice of the peace court having
185	184		jurisdiction over the offense.
186	185		(c) Before the contract is considered by the governing body
187	186		of the municipality [city council] or the board, the attorney
188	187		general and the applicable city attorney [of Denton] shall review
189	188		and either approve the contract or file written legal objections to
190	189		the contract with the chief executive officer of both the board and
191	190		the governing body of the municipality [council]. The contract must
192	191		be approved by resolution of the board and the governing body of the
193	192		municipality [city council].
194	193		SECTION 18. Section 107.84, Education Code, is amended to
195	194		read as follows:
196	195		Sec. 107.84. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
197	196		does not:
198	197		(1) limit the police powers of a municipality [the
199	198		city] or its law enforcement jurisdiction;
200	199		(2) render a campus peace officer an employee of a
201	200		municipality [the city] or entitle a campus peace officer to
202	201		compensation from a municipality [the city]; or
203	202		(3) restrict the power of the system [university]
204	203		under other law to enforce laws, ordinances, or rules regulating
205	204		traffic or parking.
206	205		SECTION 19. Chapter 107, Education Code, is amended by
207	206		adding Subchapters F, G, and H to read as follows:
208	207		SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
209	208		Sec. 107.101. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY. (a) Texas Woman's
210	209		University is a woman-focused general academic teaching
211	210		institution located in the city of Denton.
212	211		(b) The university is under the management and control of
213	212		the board of regents.
214	213		SUBCHAPTER G. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT DALLAS
215	214		Sec. 107.151. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT DALLAS. (a)
216	215		Texas Woman's University at Dallas is a woman-focused general
217	216		academic teaching institution located in the city of Dallas.
218	217		(b) The university is under the management and control of
219	218		the board of regents.
220	219		SUBCHAPTER H. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT HOUSTON
221	220		Sec. 107.201. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT HOUSTON. (a)
222	221		Texas Woman's University at Houston is a woman-focused general
223	222		academic teaching institution located in the city of Houston.
224	223		(b) The university is under the management and control of
225	224		the board of regents.
226	225		SECTION 20. Section 50A.010, Agriculture Code, is amended
227	226		to read as follows:
228	227		Sec. 50A.010. DUTIES. (a) The council shall:
229	228		(1) adopt procedures as necessary to administer this
230	229		chapter, including procedures for awarding contracts under this
231	230		chapter;
232	231		(2) issue requests for research proposals and award
233	232		grants:
234	233		(A) to enhance the health benefits of fruits and
235	234		vegetables; or
236	235		(B) to help growers maximize crop yields through
237	236		applied research;
238	237		(3) develop educational materials that promote the
239	238		benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables; and
240	239		(4) in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural
241	240		Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Tech
242	241		University, The University of Texas System, the Texas Woman's
243	242		University System, state agencies, and produce associations,
244	243		develop innovative educational programs related to appropriate and
245	244		safe methods of storing, preparing, and serving fresh produce.
246	245		(b) The council may:
247	246		(1) issue requests for proposals as necessary to
248	247		administer this chapter; or
249	248		(2) publish educational materials or other materials
250	249		developed in conjunction with employees of the Texas Agricultural
251	250		Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Tech
252	251		University, The University of Texas System, or the Texas Woman's
253	252		University System.
254	253		SECTION 21. The heading to Section 54.5085, Education Code,
255	254		is amended to read as follows:
256	255		Sec. 54.5085. MEDICAL SERVICES FEE; TEXAS WOMAN'S
257	256		UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
258	257		SECTION 22. Sections 54.5085(a), (b), and (c), Education
259	258		Code, are amended to read as follows:
260	259		(a) The board of regents of the Texas Woman's University
261	260		System may charge each student registered at a component
262	261		institution of the system [university] a medical services fee not
263	262		to exceed $55 for each semester of the regular term or 12-week
264	263		summer session and not to exceed $25 for each six-week or shorter
265	264		term of the summer session.
266	265		(b) Before the board imposes or increases a fee charged at a
267	266		component institution under this section, the board shall consider
268	267		the recommendations of a student fee advisory committee established
269	268		by the president of the institution [university]. A majority of the
270	269		members of the advisory committee must be students appointed by the
271	270		presiding officer of the student governing body of the institution
272	271		and the remainder of the members must be appointed by the president
273	272		of the institution [university]. The board may increase the amount
274	273		of the fee by an amount that is more than 10 percent of the amount
275	274		imposed in the preceding academic year only if that increase is
276	275		approved by a majority vote of those students of the institution
277	276		[university] participating in a general election called for that
278	277		purpose.
279	278		(c) A medical services fee charged at a component
280	279		institution under this section may be used only to provide medical
281	280		services to students registered at the institution [university].
282	281		SECTION 23. Section 54.525, Education Code, is amended to
283	282		read as follows:
284	283		Sec. 54.525. FEES FOR STUDENT CENTERS; TEXAS WOMAN'S
285	284		UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPONENTS. (a) The board of regents of the
286	285		Texas Woman's University System may levy a regular, fixed student
287	286		fee of not less than $25 or more than $75 [per student] for each
288	287		semester of the long session and of not less than $12.50 or more
289	288		than $35 [per student] for each term of the summer session on each
290	289		student enrolled at a component institution of the system, as the
291	290		board determines is just and necessary for the purpose of
292	291		financing, improving, operating, maintaining, and equipping
293	292		student centers and acquiring or constructing additions to student
294	293		centers.
295	294		(b) The board may increase a student fee levied at an
296	295		institution under this section. If the increase is for more than $3
297	296		per fiscal year, a majority of the students enrolled in the
298	297		institution voting in an election called for that purpose must
299	298		approve the increase.
300	299		(c) Revenue from a fee imposed at an institution under this
301	300		section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the
302	301		student center fee account ["Texas Woman's University Student
303	302		Center Fee Account"] under the control of the institution's
304	303		[university's] student fee advisory committee. Annually, the
305	304		committee shall submit to the president of the institution
306	305		[university] its recommendation for any change to the amount of the
307	306		fee and a complete and itemized budget for the student center
308	307		together with a complete report of all student center activities
309	308		conducted during the past year and all expenditures made in
310	309		connection with those activities. The president shall submit the
311	310		budget to the board of regents as part of the institution's
312	311		[university's] institutional budget. The board of regents may make
313	312		changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary.
314	313		(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board may increase
315	314		the amount of the fee imposed at an institution for a semester or
316	315		summer session to an amount that does not exceed $150 if the
317	316		increase is approved by a majority vote of those students enrolled
318	317		at the institution participating in a general election called for
319	318		that purpose. The increased amount under this subsection may not be
320	319		charged after the fifth academic year in which the increased amount
321	320		is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the
322	321		institution has issued bonds payable from the fee, in which event
323	322		the increased amount may not be charged after the academic year in
324	323		which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds,
325	324		have been fully paid.
326	325		SECTION 24. Section 54.5251, Education Code, is amended to
327	326		read as follows:
328	327		Sec. 54.5251. STUDENT FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL FEE; TEXAS
329	328		WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) The board of regents of the Texas
330	329		Woman's University System may charge each student enrolled at a
331	330		component institution of the system [university] a student fitness
332	331		and recreational fee in an amount not to exceed:
333	332		(1) $125 for each regular semester or each summer
334	333		session of more than six weeks; or
335	334		(2) $62.50 for each summer session of six weeks or
336	335		less.
337	336		(b) The fee may be used only for financing, constructing,
338	337		operating, maintaining, or improving a fitness or recreational
339	338		facility or for operating a fitness or recreational program at the
340	339		institution [university].
341	340		(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority
342	341		vote of the students of the institution [university] who
343	342		participate in a general student election held for that purpose.
344	343		(d) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount
345	344		that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as
346	345		last approved by a student vote under Subsection (c) or this
347	346		subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote
348	347		of the students enrolled at the institution [university] who
349	348		participate in a general student election called for that purpose.
350	349		(e) The chief fiscal officer of the institution
351	350		[university] shall collect the fee and shall deposit the revenue
352	351		from the fee in an account to be known as the student fitness and
353	352		recreational account.
354	353		(f) The fee is not considered in determining the maximum
355	354		amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section
356	355		54.503.
357	356		(g) The board may permit a person who is not enrolled at the
358	357		institution [university] to use a facility financed with revenue
359	358		from the fee imposed at the institution under this section only if:
360	359		(1) the person's use will not materially interfere
361	360		with use of the facility by students of the institution
362	361		[university];
363	362		(2) the person is charged a fee in an amount that is
364	363		not less than the amount of the student fee or the total amount of
365	364		the direct and indirect costs to the institution [university] of
366	365		providing for the person's use, except that a charge under this
367	366		subdivision may not be imposed on a person who uses the facility
368	367		under an existing lifetime contract with the institution
369	368		[university] for the use of fitness and recreational facilities;
370	369		and
371	370		(3) the person's use will not materially increase the
372	371		potential liability of the institution [university].
373	372		SECTION 25. Section 55.1718, Education Code, is amended to
374	373		read as follows:
375	374		Sec. 55.1718. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) The
376	375		board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
377	376		acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
378	377		property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
379	378		infrastructure for a component institution of the system [Texas
380	379		Woman's University] to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
381	380		accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amount
382	381		of $5 million.
383	382		(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
384	383		bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
385	384		University System, including student tuition charges required or
386	385		authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at a component
387	386		institution of the system [Texas Woman's University]. The amount of
388	387		a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated
389	388		while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to
390	389		refund those bonds, are outstanding.
391	390		SECTION 26. Section 55.1726, Education Code, is amended to
392	391		read as follows:
393	392		Sec. 55.1726. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) The
394	393		board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
395	394		acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
396	395		property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
397	396		infrastructure for a component institution of the system [Texas
398	397		Woman's University] to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
399	398		accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amount
400	399		not to exceed $8.5 million.
401	400		(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
402	401		bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
403	402		University System, including student tuition charges required or
404	403		authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at a component
405	404		institution of the system [Texas Woman's University]. The amount of
406	405		a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated
407	406		while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to
408	407		refund those bonds, are outstanding.
409	408		SECTION 27. Section 55.1736, Education Code, is amended to
410	409		read as follows:
411	410		Sec. 55.1736. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) In
412	411		addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
413	412		board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may issue
414	413		bonds in accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal
415	414		amount not to exceed $25,797,500 to finance the renovation of
416	415		academic and administrative buildings at a component institution of
417	416		the system [Texas Woman's University].
418	417		(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
419	418		bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
420	419		University System, including student tuition charges. The amount of
421	420		a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated
422	421		while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to
423	422		refund those bonds, are outstanding.
424	423		(c) Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this
425	424		section for one or more specified projects that is not required for
426	425		the specified projects may be used to renovate existing structures
427	426		and facilities at a component [the] institution of the system.
428	427		SECTION 28. Section 55.1756, Education Code, is amended to
429	428		read as follows:
430	429		Sec. 55.1756. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) In
431	430		addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
432	431		board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
433	432		acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
434	433		facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
435	434		renovations and additions to the science building on the Denton
436	435		campus of Texas Woman's University, to be financed through the
437	436		issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter in an
438	437		aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,739,712.
439	438		(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
440	439		authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
441	440		the Texas Woman's University System, including student tuition
442	441		charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not
443	442		be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
444	443		made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
445	444		SECTION 29. Section 55.1786, Education Code, is amended to
446	445		read as follows:
447	446		Sec. 55.1786. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) In
448	447		addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
449	448		board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
450	449		acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
451	450		property and facilities, including roads and related
452	451		infrastructure, for a laboratory building, to be financed through
453	452		the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, not to
454	453		exceed the aggregate principal amount of $37,997,000.
455	454		(b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
456	455		authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
457	456		the Texas Woman's University System, including student tuition
458	457		charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not
459	458		be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
460	459		made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
461	460		SECTION 30. Section 61.003(3), Education Code, is amended
462	461		to read as follows:
463	462		(3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
464	463		University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
465	464		The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
466	465		Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
467	466		University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
468	467		Tarleton State University; Prairie View A&M University; Texas
469	468		Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University of North Texas;
470	469		Lamar University; Lamar State College--Orange; Lamar State
471	470		College--Port Arthur; Texas A&M University--Kingsville; Texas A&M
472	471		University--Corpus Christi; Texas Woman's University; Texas
473	472		Woman's University at Dallas; Texas Woman's University at Houston;
474	473		Texas Southern University; Midwestern State University; University
475	474		of Houston; University of Texas--Pan American; The University of
476	475		Texas at Brownsville; Texas A&M University--Commerce; Sam Houston
477	476		State University; Texas State University; West Texas A&M
478	477		University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State
479	478		University; Angelo State University; The University of Texas at
480	479		Tyler; and any other college, university, or institution so
481	480		classified as provided in this chapter or created and so
482	481		classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.
483	482		SECTION 31. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended
484	483		to read as follows:
485	484		(a) In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
486	485		fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, an eligible institution is
487	486		entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this
488	487		section from the funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a),
489	488		Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute
490	489		funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a
491	490		claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071,
492	491		Government Code. An eligible institution may not present a claim to
493	492		be paid from any funds allocated under this subsection before the
494	493		delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII,
495	494		Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest
496	495		on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published
497	496		library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government
498	497		Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in
499	498		accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following
500	499		elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional
501	500		complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical
502	501		College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as
503	502		follows:
504	503		(1) $4,933,200 to Midwestern State University;
505	504		(2) to the following component institutions of the
506	505		University of North Texas System:
507	506		(A) $37,346,563 to the University of North Texas;
508	507		(B) $15,125,502 to the University of North Texas
509	508		Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and
510	509		(C) $3,354,441 to the University of North Texas
511	510		at Dallas;
512	511		(3) $11,277,793 to Stephen F. Austin State University;
513	512		(4) to the following component institutions of the
514	513		Texas State University System:
515	514		(A) $13,141,181 to Lamar University;
516	515		(B) $2,553,130 to the Lamar Institute of
517	516		Technology;
518	517		(C) $1,488,396 to Lamar State College--Orange;
519	518		(D) $2,217,102 to Lamar State College--Port
520	519		Arthur;
521	520		(E) $18,236,811 to Sam Houston State University;
522	521		(F) $37,606,478 to Texas State University;
523	522		(G) $2,151,723 to Sul Ross State University; and
524	523		(H) $472,890 to Sul Ross State University-Rio
525	524		Grande College;
526	525		(5) $11,719,335 to Texas Southern University;
527	526		(6) to the following component institutions of the
528	527		Texas Tech University System:
529	528		(A) $49,874,746 to Texas Tech University;
530	529		(B) $21,652,392 to Texas Tech University Health
531	530		Sciences Center;
532	531		(C) $6,792,999 to Angelo State University; and
533	532		(D) $5,557,572 to Texas Tech University Health
534	533		Sciences Center--El Paso;
535	534		(7) $14,554,133 to the component institutions of the
536	535		Texas Woman's University System, allocated as determined by the
537	536		board of regents of the system;
538	537		(8) to the following component institutions of the
539	538		University of Houston System:
540	539		(A) $54,514,004 to the University of Houston;
541	540		(B) $3,542,817 to the University of
542	541		Houston--Victoria;
543	542		(C) $7,726,043 to the University of
544	543		Houston--Clear Lake; and
545	544		(D) $10,828,344 to the University of
546	545		Houston--Downtown;
547	546		(9) to the following component institutions of The
548	547		Texas A&M University System:
549	548		(A) $11,478,824 to Texas A&M University--Corpus
550	549		Christi;
551	550		(B) $7,462,394 to Texas A&M International
552	551		University;
553	552		(C) $8,858,060 to Texas A&M
554	553		University--Kingsville;
555	554		(D) $7,446,495 to West Texas A&M University;
556	555		(E) $11,123,859 to Texas A&M
557	556		University--Commerce; and
558	557		(F) $2,050,273 to Texas A&M
559	558		University--Texarkana; and
560	559		(10) $8,662,500 to the Texas State Technical College
561	560		System Administration and the following component campuses, but not
562	561		its extension centers or programs:
563	562		(A) Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;
564	563		(B) Texas State Technical College--Marshall;
565	564		(C) Texas State Technical College--West Texas;
566	565		(D) Texas State Technical College--Waco;
567	566		(E) Texas State Technical College--Fort Bend;
568	567		and
569	568		(F) Texas State Technical College--North Texas.
570	569		SECTION 32. Section 301.001(1), Health and Safety Code, is
571	570		amended to read as follows:
572	571		(1) "Eligible institution" means an entity engaged in
573	572		health-related pursuits that, except for cooperative associations,
574	573		is exempt from federal income tax and includes only:
575	574		(A) a municipality;
576	575		(B) a political subdivision of the state;
577	576		(C) a state-supported health-related
578	577		institution, including:
579	578		(i) The Texas A&M University System;
580	579		(ii) The University of Texas System; and
581	580		(iii) the Texas Woman's University System;
582	581		(D) a nonprofit health-related institution; or
583	582		(E) a cooperative association created under
584	583		Subchapter B, a unit of which is located in a county with a
585	584		population of more than 3.3 million.
586	585		SECTION 33. Section 301.031(1), Health and Safety Code, is
587	586		amended to read as follows:
588	587		(1) "Eligible institution" means an entity engaged in
589	588		health-related pursuits that, except for cooperative associations,
590	589		is exempt from federal income tax and includes only:
591	590		(A) a municipality;
592	591		(B) a political subdivision of the state;
593	592		(C) a health-related institution supported by
594	593		the state or federal government or by a federal department,
595	594		division, or agency, including:
596	595		(i) The Texas A&M University System;
597	596		(ii) The University of Texas System;
598	597		(iii) the Texas Woman's University System;
599	598		and
600	599		(iv) the Children's Nutrition Research
601	600		Center;
602	601		(D) a nonprofit health-related institution; and
603	602		(E) a cooperative association created to provide
604	603		a system, a unit of which is located in a county that has a
605	604		population of more than 1.3 million and in which a municipality with
606	605		a population of more than one million is primarily located, or in a
607	606		county contiguous to a county having those characteristics.
608	607		SECTION 34. (a) The transition of Texas Woman's University
609	608		to the Texas Woman's University System under this Act does not
610	609		affect the validity of any contracts or written obligations,
611	610		including bonds, entered into by the board of regents of Texas
612	611		Woman's University on the university's behalf. In those contracts
613	612		and written obligations, the board of regents of the Texas Woman's
614	613		University System is substituted for and stands and acts in the
615	614		place of the board of regents of Texas Woman's University to the
616	615		extent permitted by law.
617	616		(b) The transition of Texas Woman's University to the Texas
618	617		Woman's University System under this Act does not affect:
619	618		(1) the status of any student enrolled at the
620	619		university when the transition takes effect; or
621	620		(2) the employment status or accrued benefits of any
622	621		person employed by the university when the transition takes effect.
623	622		(c) All funds that, on the effective date of the transition,
624	623		have been appropriated to or dedicated to or are held for the use
625	624		and benefit of Texas Woman's University are transferred to the
626	625		Texas Woman's University System for the use and benefit of the
627	626		system to the extent permitted by law.
628	627		(d) Fees previously approved and charged to students of
629	628		Texas Woman's University are considered approved and may continue
630	629		to be charged and used for the same purposes at each component
631	630		institution of the Texas Woman's University System in the same
632	631		amounts as charged in the 2020-2021 academic year, subject to
633	632		future changes approved as authorized by law.
634	633		(e) The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 55.1718,
635	634		55.1726, 55.1736, 55.1756, and 55.1786, Education Code, do not
636	635		authorize bonds in an amount that exceeds the original amount of
637	636		bonds authorized by those sections.
638	637		(f) Degree programs previously offered at the branch
639	638		locations of Texas Woman's University that are designated as
640	639		independent component institutions of the Texas Woman's University
641	640		System under Chapter 107, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
642	641		are considered to have been approved as degree programs of the
643	642		respective component institutions.
644	643		(g) The board of regents of the Texas Woman's University
645	644		System may take any action necessary to transition Texas Woman's
646	645		University to the Texas Woman's University System under this Act,
647	646		including by:
648	647		(1) allocating university funds, property, and
649	648		personnel as the board determines appropriate between the system's
650	649		component institutions;
651	650		(2) continuing to operate the branch locations of
652	651		Texas Woman's University that are designated as independent
653	652		component institutions of the Texas Woman's University System under
654	653		Chapter 107, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as branch
655	654		locations of the university until the board determines that
656	655		transitioning those branch locations to independent component
657	656		institutions of the system is appropriate and feasible; and
658	657		(3) postponing the effect of any other changes made by
659	658		this Act as the board determines appropriate.
660	659		SECTION 35. This Act takes effect immediately if it
661	660		receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
662	661		house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
663	662		If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
664	663		effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.