H.B. No. 981
AN ACT
relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board on the feasibility of establishing a religious studies
program at Texas Southern University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.06695 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.06695. STUDY ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM AT TEXAS
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. (a) The board shall conduct a study on the
feasibility of establishing a religious studies program that offers
bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at Texas Southern
University.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the board shall submit
to each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction
over higher education and the board of regents of Texas Southern
University a report on the results of the study.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2023.
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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 981 was passed by the House on May 8,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 29, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 981 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 34,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 981 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor