Bill Text: TX SB1165 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of real property by the University of Houston--Sugar Land.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Effective immediately [SB1165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1165-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1165 |
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relating to the use of real property by the University of | ||
Houston--Sugar Land. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the transfer of real | ||
property, on which the University of Houston--Sugar Land is now | ||
located, to the University of Houston System by the Texas | ||
Department of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 1243 (H.B. 1961), | ||
Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, was made in the | ||
public interest and continues to serve all public purposes of the | ||
state listed in Subsection (a), Section 1 of Chapter 1243. | ||
SECTION 2. The legislature finds that: | ||
(1) the public purpose requirements placed on the | ||
property transferred pursuant to Chapter 1243 are served if the | ||
property is used for higher education purposes that encompass more | ||
than strictly academic pursuits; and | ||
(2) the language in Chapter 1243 that required the | ||
property to be used "only for higher education purposes" is | ||
misleading to the extent that it may be construed to imply that the | ||
property is reserved for strictly academic pursuits. | ||
SECTION 3. To clarify the intent of the legislature and in | ||
accordance with the findings made by this Act, the ownership and | ||
transfer documents for the property shall be amended to state that | ||
the University of Houston--Sugar Land shall use the property "for | ||
higher education purposes" consistent with the purposes of the | ||
university. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1165 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1165 passed the House on | ||
April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |