89R10774 KJE-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2465
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding for agricultural research and programs at Texas
A&M University and Prairie View A&M University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 86, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 86.25 to read as follows:
Sec. 86.25. USE OF MONEY FOR AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS. To
provide equity in the receipt of federal grants to support
agricultural research and extension programs at this state's land
grant universities, Texas A&M University may not use money
appropriated to the university for agricultural research and
programs that qualifies as state matching funding for federal
grants that support those programs at a ratio of state money
appropriated to federal money granted for those programs for a
state fiscal biennium that exceeds the ratio of state money
appropriated to federal money granted for those programs to Prairie
View A&M University for the same purpose for that biennium.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.