73R6662 SOS-F
By Telford H.B. No. 1666
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to East Texas State University at Texarkana.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 100, Education Code, is
1-5 amended by adding Section 100.02 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 100.02. EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY AT TEXARKANA. (a)
1-7 East Texas State University at Texarkana is a coeducational
1-8 upper-level educational institution located in the city of
1-9 Texarkana.
1-10 (b) The university is under the management and control of a
1-11 board of regents as provided by Section 100.11 of this code.
1-12 (c) The board may adopt rules for the operation, control,
1-13 and management of East Texas State University at Texarkana.
1-14 (d) East Texas State University at Texarkana may not offer
1-15 freshman or sophomore programs.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 100.11, Education Code, is amended to
1-17 read as follows:
1-18 Sec. 100.11. Board of Regents. (a) The organization,
1-19 control, and management of East Texas State University and East
1-20 Texas State University at Texarkana <the university> is vested in a
1-21 board of nine regents appointed by the governor with the advice and
1-22 consent of the senate. The <Texarkana campus may not offer
1-23 freshman or sophomore programs, and the> metroplex commuter program
1-24 may offer only those programs approved by the Texas Higher
2-1 Education Coordinating Board<, Texas College and University System>
2-2 and which are nonduplicative of programs offered in the Dallas
2-3 educational area. The board of regents may establish different
2-4 rules for the operation of the facilities and programs in each
2-5 location.
2-6 (b) The members hold office for staggered terms of six
2-7 years, with the terms of three regents expiring on February 15 of
2-8 each odd-numbered year. The board shall elect a chairman and any
2-9 other officers from its members to serve at the will of the board.
2-10 (c) The board has the powers and duties incident to its
2-11 position and to the same extent as is conferred on the Board of
2-12 Regents of Texas Woman's University.
2-13 SECTION 3. Sections 100.32, 100.33, 100.34, and 100.36,
2-14 Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-15 Sec. 100.32. Degrees. The board may award bachelor's,
2-16 master's, and doctor's degrees and their equivalents, but no
2-17 department, school, or degree program shall be instituted except
2-18 with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
2-19 Board<, Texas College and University System>.
2-20 Sec. 100.33. Donations, Gifts, Grants, Endowments. The
2-21 board may accept donations, gifts, grants, and endowments for East
2-22 Texas State University or East Texas State University at Texarkana
2-23 <the university> to be held in trust and administered by the board
2-24 for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, and
2-25 provisions declared in writing in the donation, gift, grant, or
2-26 endowment, not inconsistent with the laws of the state or with the
2-27 objectives and proper management of the universities <university>.
3-1 Sec. 100.34. Lease of University Property. The board may
3-2 lease any part of the <university's> property of East Texas State
3-3 University or East Texas State University at Texarkana to any
3-4 person, partnership, special partnership, business association, or
3-5 institution, including governmental entities, for the purpose of
3-6 permitting the universities <university> to develop their <its>
3-7 resources to the greatest extent feasible while realizing a maximum
3-8 economic benefit.
3-9 Sec. 100.36. Management of Lands. The board has the sole
3-10 and exclusive management and control of lands set aside and
3-11 appropriated to or acquired by East Texas State University or East
3-12 Texas State University at Texarkana <the university>. The board
3-13 may sell, lease, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands
3-14 in any manner and at prices and under terms and conditions the
3-15 board deems best for the interest of the universities <university>.
3-16 Land shall not be sold at a price less per acre than that at which
3-17 the same class of other public land may be sold under the statutes.
3-18 No grazing lease shall be made for a period of more than 10 years.
3-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-25 passage, and it is so enacted.