Bill Text: TX HB1994 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of certain real property in the city of Laredo from The University of Texas System to The Texas A&M University System and to the uses of that property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1994 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1994-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 1994 | |
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| relating to the transfer of certain real property in the city of | ||
| Laredo from The University of Texas System to The Texas A&M | ||
| University System and to the uses of that property. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The following real property in the city of Laredo | ||
| is transferred from The University of Texas System to The Texas A&M | ||
| University System: | ||
| (1) Blocks 22 and 30, Laredo Airport Subdivision, Webb | ||
| County, Texas; and | ||
| (2) Lot 3, Block 23, Laredo Airport Subdivision, Webb | ||
| County, Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 87, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 87.506 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 87.506. LEASE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF | ||
| TEXAS SYSTEM. (a) This section applies to the property located in | ||
| the city of Laredo that was transferred to The Texas A&M University | ||
| System from The University of Texas System by an act of the 86th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 2019. | ||
| (b) Subject to the provisions of this section, the board of | ||
| regents of The Texas A&M University System may use the property for | ||
| any purposes related to Texas A&M International University or may | ||
| lease any portion of the property that is not needed for those | ||
| purposes. | ||
| (c) On request of The University of Texas System, the board | ||
| of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall lease at least a | ||
| portion of the property to The University of Texas System for use by | ||
| that system for the campus extension of The University of Texas | ||
| Health Science Center at San Antonio in the city of Laredo | ||
| authorized by Subchapter M, Chapter 74. The portion of the property | ||
| leased under this section may not be less than the portion of the | ||
| property in active use for that campus extension in the 2018-2019 | ||
| academic year unless The University of Texas System consents to | ||
| lease a smaller portion. The lease payments charged may not exceed | ||
| the total amount of direct and indirect costs incurred by The Texas | ||
| A&M University System to maintain the portion of the property being | ||
| leased. | ||
| (d) The requirement to lease at least a portion of the | ||
| property under Subsection (c) expires if The University of Texas | ||
| System ceases to use the property for purposes of the campus | ||
| extension for one or more academic years or notifies The Texas A&M | ||
| University System that it no longer elects to lease the property for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. | ||
