Bill Text: TX SB1020 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a dental school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1020 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1020-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1020 | ||
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| relating to a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a | ||
| dental school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | ||
| at El Paso. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.0666 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0666. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF DENTAL | ||
| SCHOOL; EL PASO. (a) The board shall conduct a study to examine | ||
| the need for and feasibility of establishing a dental school in El | ||
| Paso as a component of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
| Center. The board shall consult with the board of regents of the | ||
| Texas Tech University System in conducting the study. | ||
| (b) Not later than November 1, 2012, the board shall report | ||
| the results of the study required by this section to the governor, | ||
| lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and | ||
| presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over higher education. | ||
| (c) This section expires January 31, 2013. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1020 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1020 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 7, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
