Bill Text: TX HB2491 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating Texas A&M University--Eagle Pass as a component institution of The Texas A&M University System.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-16 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2491-Introduced.html
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By: Morales of Maverick | H.B. No. 2491 |
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relating to creating Texas A&M University--Eagle Pass as a | ||
component institution of The Texas A&M University System. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter M to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER M. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--EAGLE PASS | ||
Sec. 87.881. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M | ||
University System. | ||
(2) "University" means Texas A&M University--Eagle | ||
Pass. | ||
Sec. 87.882. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) Texas A&M | ||
University--Eagle Pass is a general academic teaching institution | ||
located in Maverick County. The university is a component | ||
institution of The Texas A&M University System and is under the | ||
governance, management, and control of the board of regents of The | ||
Texas A&M University System. | ||
(b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning | ||
Texas A&M University--Eagle Pass as are conferred on the board by | ||
statute concerning Texas A&M University. | ||
Sec. 87.883. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may | ||
prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading | ||
American universities and may award those degrees, including | ||
bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents. | ||
(b) The board shall award degrees in the name of the | ||
university. | ||
(c) A department, school, or degree program may not be | ||
instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board. | ||
Sec. 87.884. UNIVERSITY OF THE FIRST CLASS. The board shall | ||
make any other rules and regulations for the operation, control, | ||
and management of the university as may be necessary for the conduct | ||
of the university as a university of the first class. | ||
Sec. 87.885. FACILITIES. The board shall provide for | ||
adequate physical facilities for use by the university. | ||
Sec. 87.886. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may solicit, | ||
accept, and administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to the | ||
board, gifts, grants, or donations of any kind and from any source | ||
for use by the university. | ||
Sec. 87.887. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. | ||
(a) The board may execute and carry out with any entity or | ||
institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are | ||
reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of | ||
a university of the first class. | ||
(b) The board may make joint faculty appointments to | ||
positions in the university and to positions in other institutions | ||
under the board's governance. The salary of a person who receives a | ||
joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing | ||
institutions on the basis of services rendered. | ||
Sec. 87.888. PARTICIPATION IN PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND. | ||
If the Act enacting this subchapter receives a vote of two-thirds of | ||
the membership of each house of the legislature, the university is | ||
entitled to participate in the funding provided by Section 18, | ||
Article VII, Texas Constitution, to the same extent as similar | ||
component institutions of The Texas A&M University System. | ||
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, 2021. |