Bill Text: TX HB1610 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a pharmacy school at The University of Texas at Tyler.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1610 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1610-Introduced.html
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| By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 1610 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a pharmacy school at The | ||
| University of Texas at Tyler. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 76, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 76.026 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 76.026. PHARMACY SCHOOL. (a) The board may establish | ||
| and maintain a school of pharmacy as a professional school of the | ||
| institution. | ||
| (b) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary | ||
| degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and | ||
| may award those degrees. | ||
| (c) The board shall provide for the operations and capital | ||
| expenses of the school to be supported by tuition, gifts, grants, | ||
| and other institutional or system funds available for that purpose, | ||
| except that the school is not eligible for funding under the | ||
| formulas established under Section 61.059 for instruction, | ||
| operations, or infrastructure. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
