Bill Text: TX SB1815 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1815 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of public institutions of higher education for formula funding for health-related institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-04 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1815 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1815-Comm_Sub.html



	By: Hinojosa	S.B. No. 1815
	(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 11, 2017,
	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
	following vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0; April 11, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1815	By: Hinojosa


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to the eligibility of public institutions of higher
	education for formula funding for health-related institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 61.0591 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0591. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN FORMULA FUNDING. An
	institution of higher education created on or after January 1,
	2017, is eligible for formula funding under formulas established
	for health-related institutions under Section 61.059 only if a
	statute:
	(1) created or authorized creation of the particular
	institution; or
	(2) expressly provides that the particular
	institution is eligible for that formula funding.
	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, 2017.

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