By: Burrows H.B. No. 298
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to athletic conference membership by institutions of
higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.979. COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP.
Notwithstanding any other section of this code, a public senior
college or university, as defined by Section 61.003(4), and the
governing board of each institution may not change membership in a
collegiate athletic conference without passage of a concurrent
resolution by a majority vote in both legislative chambers.
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.