73R1092 SOS-D
By De La Garza H.B. No. 173
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the name of The University of Texas--Pan American.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 77.01(2), Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 (2) "University" means The University of Texas at
1-7 Edinburg<--Pan American>.
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 77.11, Education Code, is amended to read
1-9 as follows:
1-10 Sec. 77.11. The University of Texas AT EDINBURG<--PAN
1-11 AMERICAN>. The University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American> is
1-12 a coeducational institution of higher education located in the City
1-13 of Edinburg. The university is a component institution of The
1-14 University of Texas System under the governance, management, and
1-15 control of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.
1-16 SECTION 3. Section 77.13, Education Code, is amended to read
1-17 as follows:
1-18 Sec. 77.13. Gifts and Grants. The board may accept and
1-19 administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to it, gifts,
1-20 grants, or donations of any kind and from any source for use by The
1-21 University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American>.
1-22 SECTION 4. Section 55.172, Education Code, is amended to
1-23 read as follows:
1-24 Sec. 55.172. The University of Texas AT EDINBURG<--PAN
2-1 AMERICAN>. (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas
2-2 System may construct and equip academic buildings, structures, and
2-3 facilities for The University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American>,
2-4 following approval for such construction by the Texas Higher
2-5 Education Coordinating Board and for these purposes may issue
2-6 revenue bonds pursuant to this subchapter. The board may pledge
2-7 irrevocably to the payment of these revenue bonds all or any part
2-8 of the aggregate amount of student tuition charges required or
2-9 authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at The
2-10 University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American>; and the amount of
2-11 any pledge so made shall never be reduced or abrogated while the
2-12 bonds are outstanding. However, the tuition charges shall not be
2-13 pledged pursuant to the authority granted by this subsection except
2-14 to the payment of bonds issued in an aggregate principal amount not
2-15 to exceed $10 million for the purpose of providing funds to
2-16 construct and equip academic buildings, structures, and facilities
2-17 for The University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American>.
2-18 (b) It is provided, however, that no bonds shall be issued
2-19 hereunder and no tuition shall be pledged thereto unless and until
2-20 the specific terms and provisions of said bonds and pledge have
2-21 been first approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
2-22 Board in accordance with rules and regulations regarding that
2-23 subject adopted, published, and heard in accordance with Section
2-24 61.027 of this code.
2-25 SECTION 5. Section 61.003(3), Education Code, is amended to
2-26 read as follows:
2-27 (3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
3-1 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
3-2 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
3-3 Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
3-4 University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
3-5 Tarleton State College; Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical
3-6 College; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University
3-7 of North Texas; Lamar University; Texas A&I University; Texas
3-8 Woman's University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern
3-9 University; University of Houston; The University of Texas at
3-10 Edinburg <Pan American University>; The University of Texas at
3-11 Brownsville; East Texas State University; Sam Houston State
3-12 University; Southwest Texas State University; West Texas State
3-13 University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State
3-14 University; Angelo State University; Tyler State College; and any
3-15 other college, university, or institution so classified as provided
3-16 in this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or
3-17 impliedly, by law.
3-18 SECTION 6. Section 12.1105(e), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
3-19 amended to read as follows:
3-20 (e) The Parks and Wildlife Department, when requested by
3-21 authorized representatives of units of The University of Texas
3-22 System, The Texas A&M University System, the Texas A&I University
3-23 System, The University of Texas at Edinburg <Pan American
3-24 University>, the Lamar University System, and Southwest Texas State
3-25 University, engaged in teaching and research related to marine
3-26 science and oceanography, may transfer to such units of said
3-27 universities and university systems nets, seines, and other marine
4-1 equipment, which have been seized under this section, to be used in
4-2 carrying out the teaching and research programs within said
4-3 institutions.
4-4 SECTION 7. Section 2(5)(A), Chapter 421, Acts of the 63rd
4-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 6252-9b, Vernon's Texas
4-6 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
4-7 (A) "Appointed officer of a major state agency"
4-8 means any of the following:
4-9 (i) a member of the Public Utility
4-10 Commission of Texas;
4-11 (ii) a member of the Texas Department of
4-12 Commerce;
4-13 (iii) a member of the Texas Board of
4-14 Aviation;
4-15 (iv) a member of the Texas Air Control
4-16 Board;
4-17 (v) a member of the Texas Alcoholic
4-18 Beverage Commission;
4-19 (vi) a member of the Finance Commission of
4-20 Texas;
4-21 (vii) a member of the State Purchasing and
4-22 General Services Commission;
4-23 (viii) a member of the Texas Board of
4-24 Criminal Justice;
4-25 (ix) a member of the Board of Trustees of
4-26 the Employees Retirement System of Texas;
4-27 (x) a member of the State Highway and
5-1 Public Transportation Commission;
5-2 (xi) a member of the Texas Workers'
5-3 Compensation Commission;
5-4 (xii) a member of the State Board of
5-5 Insurance;
5-6 (xiii) a member of the Parks and Wildlife
5-7 Commission;
5-8 (xiv) a member of the Public Safety
5-9 Commission;
5-10 (xv) the Secretary of State;
5-11 (xvi) a member of the State Securities
5-12 Board;
5-13 (xvii) a member of the Texas Amusement
5-14 Machine Commission;
5-15 (xviii) a member of the Texas Water
5-16 Development Board;
5-17 (xix) a member of the Texas Water
5-18 Commission;
5-19 (xx) a member of the governing board of a
5-20 state senior college or university as defined by Section 61.003,
5-21 Education Code, including The University of Texas at Arlington; The
5-22 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at Dallas;
5-23 The University of Texas at El Paso; The University of Texas at
5-24 Edinburg<--Pan American>; The University of Texas--Pan
5-25 American--Brownsville; The University of Texas of the Permian
5-26 Basin; The University of Texas at San Antonio; The University of
5-27 Texas at Tyler; The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
6-1 at Dallas; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The
6-2 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; The
6-3 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; The
6-4 University of Texas System Cancer Center; The University of Texas
6-5 Health Science Center at Tyler; Texas A&M University; Texas A&M
6-6 University at Galveston; Prairie View A&M University; Tarleton
6-7 State University; Corpus Christi State University; Texas A&I
6-8 University; Laredo State University; East Texas State University;
6-9 East Texas State University at Texarkana; University of Houston;
6-10 University of Houston--Clear Lake; University of Houston--Downtown;
6-11 University of Houston--Victoria; Lamar University at Beaumont;
6-12 Lamar University at Orange; Lamar University at Port Arthur;
6-13 Midwestern State University; University of North Texas; Texas
6-14 College of Osteopathic Medicine; Stephen F. Austin State
6-15 University; Texas Southern University; Texas Tech University;
6-16 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Texas Woman's
6-17 University; West Texas State University; Angelo State University;
6-18 Sam Houston State University; Southwest Texas State University; Sul
6-19 Ross State University; Sul Ross State University--Uvalde Center;
6-20 Texas State Technical Institute--Amarillo; Texas State Technical
6-21 Institute--Harlingen; Texas State Technical Institute--Sweetwater;
6-22 and Texas State Technical Institute--Waco;
6-23 (xxi) a member of the Texas Higher
6-24 Education Coordinating Board;
6-25 (xxii) a member of the Texas Employment
6-26 Commission;
6-27 (xxiii) a member of the State Banking
7-1 Board;
7-2 (xxiv) a member of the board of trustees
7-3 of the Teachers Retirement System of Texas;
7-4 (xxv) a member of the Credit Union
7-5 Commission;
7-6 (xxvi) a member of the School Land Board;
7-7 (xxvii) a member of the board of the Texas
7-8 Department of Housing and Community Affairs;
7-9 (xxviii) a member of the Texas Racing
7-10 Commission;
7-11 (xxix) a member of the State Board of
7-12 Dental Examiners;
7-13 (xxx) a member of the Texas Board of
7-14 Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators;
7-15 (xxxi) a member of the Texas State Board
7-16 of Medical Examiners;
7-17 (xxxii) a member of the Board of Pardons
7-18 and Paroles;
7-19 (xxxiii) a member of the Texas State Board
7-20 of Pharmacy;
7-21 (xxxiv) the Banking Commissioner of the
7-22 Banking Department of Texas;
7-23 (xxxv) a member of the Department of
7-24 Information Resources Governing Board;
7-25 (xxxvi) the fire fighters' pension
7-26 commissioner;
7-27 (xxxvii) a member of the Texas Motor
8-1 Vehicle Commission;
8-2 (xxxviii) the director of the Office of
8-3 Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System;
8-4 (xxxix) the chief executive of the Office
8-5 of Public Utility Counsel;
8-6 (xl) a member of the Texas Real Estate
8-7 Commission;
8-8 (xli) a member of the board of directors
8-9 and the executive director of the State Bar of Texas;
8-10 (xlii) a member of the Bond Review Board;
8-11 (xliii) a member of the Texas Board of
8-12 Health;
8-13 (xliv) a member of the Texas Board of
8-14 Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
8-15 (xlv) a member of the Texas Board on
8-16 Aging;
8-17 (xlvi) a member of the Texas Board of
8-18 Human Services;
8-19 (xlvii) a member of the Texas Funeral
8-20 Service Commission;
8-21 (xlviii) a member of the board of
8-22 directors of a river authority created under the constitution or
8-23 laws of this state;
8-24 (xlix) the director of the lottery
8-25 division in the office of the comptroller; or
8-26 (l) the deputy in charge of the department
8-27 of security in the lottery division in the office of the
9-1 comptroller.
9-2 SECTION 8. (a) The name of The University of Texas--Pan
9-3 American is changed to The University of Texas at Edinburg.
9-4 (b) A reference in law to The University of Texas--Pan
9-5 American means The University of Texas at Edinburg.
9-6 (c) An appropriation for the use and benefit of The
9-7 University of Texas--Pan American is available for the use and
9-8 benefit of The University of Texas at Edinburg.
9-9 (d) Before using new stationery or other supplies printed
9-10 with the institution's name as changed by this Act, the institution
9-11 shall use all stationery and other supplies that are printed with
9-12 the institution's former name and are in its possession on the
9-13 effective date of this Act.
9-14 SECTION 9. The importance of this legislation and the
9-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
9-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
9-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
9-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
9-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
9-20 passage, and it is so enacted.
9-21 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
9-22 Amend H.B. 173 as follows:
9-23 (1) On page 1, lines 6 and 7, strike "at Edinburg<--Pan
9-24 American>" and substitute "--Pan American at Edinburg".
9-25 (2) On page 1, lines 10 and 11, strike "AT EDINBURG<--PAN
9-26 AMERICAN>. The University of Texas at Edinburg<--Pan American>"
9-27 and substitute "--PAN AMERICAN AT EDINBURG. The University of
10-1 Texas--Pan American at Edinburg".
10-2 (3) On page 1, line 21, strike "at Edinburg<--Pan American>"
10-3 and substitute "--Pan American at Edinburg".
10-4 (4) On page 1 and 2, lines 24 and 1, strike "AT
10-5 EDINBURG<--PAN AMERICAN>" and substitute "--PAN AMERICAN AT
10-6 EDINBURG".
10-7 (5) On page 2, lines 3, 10, and 17, strike "at
10-8 Edinburg<--Pan American>" and substitute "--Pan American at
10-9 Edinburg".
10-10 (6) On page 3, lines 9 and 23, insert "--Pan American" after
10-11 "Texas" and before "at".
10-12 (7) On page 5, lines 23 and 24, strike "at Edinburg<--Pan
10-13 American>" and substitute "--Pan American at Edinburg".
10-14 (8) On page 9, lines 3, 5, and 8, insert "--Pan American"
10-15 after "Texas" and before "at".
10-16 Hunter of Taylor