Bill Text: TX HB298 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to athletic conference membership by institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 41-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-23 - Filed [HB298 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB298-Introduced.html
| By: Burrows | H.B. No. 298 | |
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| relating to athletic conference membership by institutions of | ||
| higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.979. COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other section of this code, a public senior | ||
| college or university, as defined by Section 61.003(4), and the | ||
| governing board of each institution may not change membership in a | ||
| collegiate athletic conference without passage of a concurrent | ||
| resolution by a majority vote in both legislative chambers. | ||
| 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
