Bill Text: TX HB859 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the educational scope of Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Referred to Higher Education [HB859 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB859-Introduced.html

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82R76 KJM-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 859

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the educational scope of Texas A&M University--Corpus
Christi.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 87.401, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 87.401. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi is a general academic teaching
[coeducational educational] institution located in the city of
Corpus Christi.
(b) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi [The upper-level
institution] is a component institution of The Texas A&M University
System and is under the management and control of the board of
regents of The Texas A&M University System.
(c) [(b)] The board has the same powers and duties
concerning Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi as are conferred on
the board [it] by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
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, 2011.