By:  Telford                                          H.B. No. 1666
       73R5911 SOS-F
                                 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.  The university is under the management and control of a
   1-10  board of regents as provided by Section 100.11 of this code.
   1-11        (b)  The board may adopt rules for the operation, control,
   1-12  and management of East Texas State University at Texarkana.
   1-13        SECTION 2.  Section 100.11, Education Code, is amended to
   1-14  read as follows:
   1-15        Sec. 100.11.  Board of Regents.  (a)  The organization,
   1-16  control, and management of East Texas State University and East
   1-17  Texas State University at Texarkana <the university> is vested in a
   1-18  board of nine regents appointed by the governor with the advice and
   1-19  consent of the senate.  East Texas State University <The Texarkana
   1-20  campus may not offer freshman or sophomore programs, and the
   1-21  metroplex commuter program> may offer only those programs approved
   1-22  by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board<, Texas College
   1-23  and University System> and which are nonduplicative of programs
   1-24  offered in the Dallas educational area.  The board of regents may
    2-1  establish different rules for the operation of the facilities and
    2-2  programs in each location.
    2-3        (b)  The members hold office for staggered terms of six
    2-4  years, with the terms of three regents expiring on February 15 of
    2-5  each odd-numbered year.  The board shall elect a chairman and any
    2-6  other officers from its members to serve at the will of the board.
    2-7        (c)  The board has the powers and duties incident to its
    2-8  position and to the same extent as is conferred on the Board of
    2-9  Regents of Texas Woman's University.
   2-10        SECTION 3.  Sections 100.32, 100.33, 100.34, and 100.36,
   2-11  Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
   2-12        Sec. 100.32.  Degrees.  The board may award bachelor's,
   2-13  master's, and doctor's degrees and their equivalents at East Texas
   2-14  State University and at East Texas State University at Texarkana,
   2-15  but no department, school, or degree program shall be instituted
   2-16  except with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education
   2-17  Coordinating Board<, Texas College and University System>.
   2-18        Sec. 100.33.  Donations, Gifts, Grants, Endowments.  The
   2-19  board may accept donations, gifts, grants, and endowments for East
   2-20  Texas State University or East Texas State University at Texarkana
   2-21  <the university> to be held in trust and administered by the board
   2-22  for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, and
   2-23  provisions declared in writing in the donation, gift, grant, or
   2-24  endowment, not inconsistent with the laws of the state or with the
   2-25  objectives and proper management of the universities <university>.
   2-26        Sec. 100.34.  Lease of University Property.  The board may
   2-27  lease any part of the <university's> property of East Texas State
    3-1  University or East Texas State University at Texarkana to any
    3-2  person, partnership, special partnership, business association, or
    3-3  institution, including governmental entities, for the purpose of
    3-4  permitting the universities <university> to develop their <its>
    3-5  resources to the greatest extent feasible while realizing a maximum
    3-6  economic benefit.
    3-7        Sec. 100.36.  Management of Lands.  The board has the sole
    3-8  and exclusive management and control of lands set aside and
    3-9  appropriated to or acquired by East Texas State University or East
   3-10  Texas State University at Texarkana <the university>.  The board
   3-11  may sell, lease, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands
   3-12  in any manner and at prices and under terms and conditions the
   3-13  board deems best for the interest of the universities <university>.
   3-14  Land shall not be sold at a price less per acre than that at which
   3-15  the same class of other public land may be sold under the statutes.
   3-16  No grazing lease shall be made for a period of more than 10 years.
   3-17        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-18  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-19  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-20  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-21  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   3-22  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   3-23  passage, and it is so enacted.