Bill Text: TX SB1845 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the change of the name of Texas A&M University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [SB1845 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1845-Introduced.html

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82R10192 SLB-F
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1845

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the change of the name of Texas A&M
University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 87,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. TEXAS A&I UNIVERSITY
[A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE]
SECTION 2. Section 87.301, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 87.301. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville] is a coeducational institution of higher
education located in the city of Kingsville. The university 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.
(b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning
Texas A&I University [A&M University--Kingsville] as are conferred
on it by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
SECTION 3. Section 51.502(1), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Eligible institution" means the college,
department, or other unit of engineering at any of the following
institutions of higher education:
(A) The University of Texas at Austin;
(B) The University of Texas at Arlington;
(C) The University of Texas at El Paso;
(D) The University of Texas at San Antonio;
(E) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin;
(F) Texas A&M University;
(G) Prairie View A&M University;
(H) Texas Tech University;
(I) Lamar University;
(J) University of Houston; and
(K) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville].
SECTION 4. Section 54.060(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The foreign student tuition fee prescribed in this
chapter does not apply to a foreign student who is a resident of a
nation situated adjacent to Texas, demonstrates financial need as
provided by Subsection (c), and registers in:
(1) any general academic teaching institution or
component of the Texas State Technical College System located in a
county immediately adjacent to the nation in which the foreign
student resides;
(2) lower division courses at a community or junior
college having a partnership agreement pursuant to Subchapter N,
Chapter 51, with an upper-level university and both institutions
are located in the county immediately adjacent to the nation in
which the foreign student resides;
(3) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville], Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, or
The University of Texas at San Antonio; or
(4) courses that are part of a graduate degree program
in public health and are conducted in a county immediately adjacent
to the nation in which the foreign student resides.
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 54.5392, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 54.5392. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; TEXAS A&I
UNIVERSITY [A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE].
SECTION 6. Section 54.5392(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student
enrolled at Texas A&I University [A&M University--Kingsville]. The
fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the
students participating in a general student election held at the
university for that purpose.
SECTION 7. Section 55.1713(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the authority granted by Sections 55.13,
55.14, 55.17, 55.171, 55.1711, 55.1712, and 55.19 of this code, the
board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may acquire,
purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
infrastructure for the following institutions to be financed by the
issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in
accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by
the board in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed the
following amounts:
(1) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $22
million;
(2) Texas A&M International University, $36 million;
and
(3) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville], $17 million.
SECTION 8. Section 55.1721(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or
equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or
related infrastructure for the following institutions to be
financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this
subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing
program adopted by the board in aggregate principal amounts not to
exceed the following amounts:
(1) Prairie View A&M University, $15 million;
(2) Tarleton State University, $15 million;
(3) Texas A&M University, $12.5 million;
(4) Texas A&M University Health Science Center, $6
million;
(5) Texas A&M University--Commerce, $4.2 million;
(6) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $25
million;
(7) Texas A&M International University, $39.5
million;
(8) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville], $15 million;
(9) Texas A&M University--Texarkana, $4 million; and
(10) West Texas A&M University, $9 million.
SECTION 9. Section 55.1731(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
may issue in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with
a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board bonds
for the following institutions not to exceed the following
aggregate principal amounts to finance projects specified as
follows:
(1) Prairie View A&M University:
(A) $53 million to construct or renovate
engineering facilities, construct and renovate an architecture
building, and carry out other campus renovations; and
(B) $15 million to construct a juvenile justice
and psychology building;
(2) Tarleton State University, $18.7 million for a
library addition and renovation of a mathematics building;
(3) Texas A&M University--Commerce, $14,960,000 to
construct a science building;
(4) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $34 million
to construct a classroom and laboratory facility and for
construction of the Harte Research Center;
(5) Texas A&M International University, $21,620,000
to construct a science building (Phase IV);
(6) Texas A&M University at Galveston, $10,030,000 to
construct an engineering building;
(7) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville], $20,060,000 to construct facilities for a
pharmacy school and to construct a student services building;
(8) Texas A&M University--Texarkana, $17 million to
construct a health science building and for library renovation;
(9) West Texas A&M University, $22,780,000 to
construct a fine arts complex; and
(10) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center,
$14.3 million for construction of classroom and faculty office
facilities for the School of Rural Public Health.
SECTION 10. Section 55.1751(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
subchapter, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or
equip facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance
with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue
financing program adopted by the board for the following
institutions and facilities not to exceed the following aggregate
principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:
(1) Tarleton State University:
(A) $11,124,000 for the Tarleton State
University Dairy Center; and
(B) $24,300,000 for a nursing building;
(2) Texas A&M University--Central Texas, $25 million
for educational and related facilities;
(3) Texas A&M University--Commerce, $21,770,000 for a
music building;
(4) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $45 million
for a nursing, health sciences, and kinesiology facility;
(5) Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville], $9,540,000 for the citrus center
building;
(6) Texas A&M University--San Antonio, $40 million for
educational and related facilities;
(7) Texas A&M University--Texarkana, $75 million for a
multipurpose library building and central plant;
(8) West Texas A&M University, $16,200,000 for
classroom center renovation;
(9) The Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center, $45 million for a medical education and research building
in College Station, Texas;
(10) Texas A&M University, $75 million for the
Emerging Technologies Interdisciplinary Building;
(11) Texas A&M University at Galveston, $40,050,000
for a science building; and
(12) Texas A&M International University:
(A) $25 million for the student success center;
(B) $4,950,000 for the completion of the fine
arts theater; and
(C) $7,626,600 for the Loop Road and Chill Water
Loop project.
SECTION 11. Section 61.003(3), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
Tarleton State University; Prairie View A&M University; Texas
Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University of North Texas;
Lamar University; Lamar State College--Orange; Lamar State
College--Port Arthur; Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville]; Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi;
Texas Woman's University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern
State University; University of Houston; University of Texas--Pan
American; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas A&M
University--Commerce; Sam Houston State University; Texas State
University--San Marcos; West Texas A&M University; Stephen F.
Austin State University; Sul Ross State University; Angelo State
University; The University of Texas at Tyler; and any other
college, university, or institution so classified as provided in
this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or impliedly,
by law.
SECTION 12. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, an eligible institution is
entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this
section from the funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a),
Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute
funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a
claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071,
Government Code. An eligible institution may not present a claim
to be paid from any funds allocated under this subsection before the
delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII,
Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest
on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published
library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government
Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in
accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following
elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional
complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical
College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as
follows:
(1) $3,559,433 to Midwestern State University;
(2) $27,846,476 to the University of North Texas;
(3) $8,771,265 to the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth;
(4) $12,311,123 to The University of Texas--Pan
American;
(5) $5,057,420 to The University of Texas at
Brownsville;
(6) $8,425,937 to Stephen F. Austin State University;
(7) to the following component institutions of the
Texas State University System:
(A) $8,330,933 to Lamar University;
(B) $2,332,463 to the Lamar Institute of
Technology;
(C) $1,235,752 to Lamar State College--Orange;
(D) $1,244,694 to Lamar State College--Port
Arthur;
(E) $11,893,110 to Sam Houston State University;
(F) $21,863,258 to Texas State University--San
Marcos;
(G) $1,625,061 to Sul Ross State University; and
(H) $445,380 to Sul Ross State University-Rio
Grande College;
(8) $8,894,700 to Texas Southern University;
(9) to the following component institutions of the
Texas Tech University System:
(A) $23,936,088 to Texas Tech University;
(B) $16,973,569 to Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center; and
(C) $3,743,027 to Angelo State University;
(10) $10,169,695 to Texas Woman's University;
(11) to the following component institutions of the
University of Houston System:
(A) $35,885,768 to the University of Houston;
(B) $2,393,921 to the University of
Houston--Victoria;
(C) $5,214,167 to the University of
Houston--Clear Lake; and
(D) $7,435,238 to the University of
Houston--Downtown;
(12) to the following component institutions of The
Texas A&M University System:
(A) $7,139,067 to Texas A&M University--Corpus
Christi;
(B) $3,796,436 to Texas A&M International
University;
(C) $5,046,885 to Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville];
(D) $4,652,995 to West Texas A&M University;
(E) $5,193,232 to Texas A&M
University--Commerce; and
(F) $1,307,907 to Texas A&M
University--Texarkana; and
(13) $5,775,000 to the Texas State Technical College
System Administration and the following component campuses, but not
its extension centers or programs:
(A) Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;
(B) Texas State Technical College--Marshall;
(C) Texas State Technical College--West Texas;
and
(D) Texas State Technical College--Waco.
SECTION 13. Section 85.70(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The board shall lease for oil, gas, sulphur, or other
mineral development, as prescribed by this subchapter, all or part
of the land under the exclusive control of the board owned by the
State of Texas and acquired for the use of Texas A&I University [A&M
University--Kingsville] and its divisions. Any money received by
the board concerning such land under this subchapter shall be
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund to
be known as the Texas A&I University [A&M University--Kingsville]
special mineral fund, to be used exclusively for Texas A&I
University [A&M University--Kingsville] and its branches and
divisions. Money may not be expended from this fund except as
authorized by the general appropriations act.
SECTION 14. Section 504.626(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) After deduction of the department's administrative
costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates
shall be deposited to the credit of an account in the general
revenue fund that may be appropriated only to Texas A&I University
[A&M University--Kingsville] to provide financial assistance to
graduate students in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences.
SECTION 15. (a) A reference in law to Texas A&M
University--Kingsville means Texas A&I University.
(b) An appropriation for the use and benefit of Texas A&M
University--Kingsville is available for the use and benefit of
Texas A&I University.
SECTION 16. (a) State money may not be used to pay the
costs of the change of name from Texas A&M University--Kingsville
to Texas A&I University.
(b) Texas A&I University may accept a grant or donation to
pay the costs of the change of name from Texas A&M
University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University.
(c) The university may not pay the costs of the name change
except by using money granted or donated to the university for that
purpose.
(d) Money received under Subsection (b) of this section may
be used solely for the benefit of Texas A&I University.
SECTION 17. This Act does not make an appropriation. A
provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program,
creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental
entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the
legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the
provision.
SECTION 18. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.