By: Morales of Maverick (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 1960
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on
Higher Education; May 22, 2023, reported favorably from Committee
on Education by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 1; May 22, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University
Rio Grande College.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 96.01, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 96.01. SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY. Sul Ross State
University is a coeducational institution of higher education
located in the city of Alpine, with an [upper-level] educational
center known as Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College
operated in the cities of Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde. The
university is under the management and control of the Board of
Regents, Texas State University System.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning January 1, 2026.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.
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