By: Solis H.B. No. 1829
73R4886 SOS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to The University of Texas--Pan American.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 77.12, Education Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (b) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e) of this
1-8 section, a <A> department, school, or degree program may not be
1-9 instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education
1-10 Coordinating Board.
1-11 (d) At a minimum, the board shall offer:
1-12 (1) baccalaureate programs in nursing, physical
1-13 therapy, health care administration, medical records
1-14 administration, occupational therapy, mechanical engineering,
1-15 electrical engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering,
1-16 international business, deaf education, French, Mexican American
1-17 studies, environmental sciences, premedical studies, and
1-18 prepharmacy studies;
1-19 (2) master's programs in sociology, social work, art,
1-20 accounting, psychology, anthropology, mathematics, library science,
1-21 Mexican American studies, nurse midwifery, and nurse practitioner
1-22 studies; and
1-23 (3) doctoral programs in business, educational
1-24 administration, public administration, educational psychology,
2-1 biology, biochemistry, Spanish, and English.
2-2 (e) The board shall provide engineering courses in Cameron
2-3 County as the board determines necessary to support industrial
2-4 growth in that county.
2-5 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 77, Education Code, is
2-6 amended by adding Section 77.16 to read as follows:
2-7 Sec. 77.16. APPLIED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY CENTER. (a)
2-8 The board shall establish an Applied Manufacturing Technology
2-9 Center as part of the university.
2-10 (b) The center is under the management and control of the
2-11 board.
2-12 (c) The board shall select a site in Hidalgo County for the
2-13 center.
2-14 (d) The center shall provide research and technical
2-15 assistance to maquiladoras along the Texas-Mexico border.
2-16 SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 65, Education Code, is
2-17 amended by adding Section 65.47 to read as follows:
2-18 Sec. 65.47. ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS--PAN
2-19 AMERICAN. To the extent that funds are available for this purpose,
2-20 the board shall provide to The University of Texas--Pan American
2-21 funding that is equal to or greater than the funding provided to
2-22 The University of Texas at Austin for:
2-23 (1) student support services;
2-24 (2) faculty salaries;
2-25 (3) libraries;
2-26 (4) student scholarships;
2-27 (5) student and faculty research;
3-1 (6) instructional and laboratory equipment; and
3-2 (7) community outreach programs.
3-3 SECTION 4. Section 51.502(1), Education Code, is amended to
3-4 read as follows:
3-5 (1) "Eligible institution" means the college,
3-6 department, or other unit of engineering at any of the following
3-7 institutions of higher education:
3-8 (A) The University of Texas at Austin;
3-9 (B) The University of Texas at Arlington;
3-10 (C) The University of Texas at El Paso;
3-11 (D) The University of Texas at San Antonio;
3-12 (E) The University of Texas of the Permian
3-13 Basin;
3-14 (F) Texas A&M University;
3-15 (G) Prairie View A&M University;
3-16 (H) Texas Tech University;
3-17 (I) Lamar University;
3-18 (J) University of Houston; <and>
3-19 (K) Texas A&I University; and
3-20 (L) The University of Texas--Pan American.
3-21 SECTION 5. Section 61.003, Education Code, is amended by
3-22 amending Subdivisions (3) and (6) to read as follows:
3-23 (3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
3-24 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
3-25 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
3-26 Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
3-27 University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
4-1 Tarleton State College; Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical
4-2 College; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University
4-3 of North Texas; Lamar University; Texas A&I University; Texas
4-4 Woman's University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern
4-5 University; University of Houston; The University of Texas--Pan
4-6 American <University>; The University of Texas at Brownsville; East
4-7 Texas State University; Sam Houston State University; Southwest
4-8 Texas State University; West Texas State University; Stephen F.
4-9 Austin State University; Sul Ross State University; Angelo State
4-10 University; The University of Texas at Tyler <State College>; and
4-11 any other college, university, or institution so classified as
4-12 provided in this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or
4-13 impliedly, by law.
4-14 (6) "Other agency of higher education" means The
4-15 University of Texas System, System Administration; Texas Western
4-16 University Museum; Texas A&M University System, Administrative and
4-17 General Offices; Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Texas
4-18 Agricultural Extension Service; Rodent and Predatory Animal Control
4-19 Service (a part of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service); Texas
4-20 Engineering Experiment Station (including the Texas Transportation
4-21 Institute); Texas Engineering Extension Service; Texas Forest
4-22 Service; Texas Tech University Museum; Texas State University
4-23 System, System Administration; Sam Houston Memorial Museum;
4-24 Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum; Cotton Research Committee of
4-25 Texas; Water Resources Institute of Texas; Texas Veterinary Medical
4-26 Diagnostic Laboratory; the Applied Manufacturing Technology Center
4-27 at The University of Texas--Pan American; and any other unit,
5-1 division, institution, or agency which shall be so designated by
5-2 statute or which may be established to operate as a component part
5-3 of any public senior college or university, or which may be so
5-4 classified as provided in this chapter.
5-5 SECTION 6. Section 61.055, Education Code, is amended to
5-6 read as follows:
5-7 Sec. 61.055. Initiation of New Departments, Schools, and
5-8 Programs. Except as otherwise provided by law, a <No> new
5-9 department, school, or degree or certificate program approved by
5-10 the board or its predecessor, the Texas Commission on Higher
5-11 Education, may not be initiated by any institution of higher
5-12 education until the board has made a written finding that the
5-13 department, school, or degree or certificate program is adequately
5-14 financed by legislative appropriation, by funds allocated by the
5-15 board, or by funds from other sources.
5-16 SECTION 7. Section 65.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
5-17 read as follows:
5-18 (a) The University of Texas System is composed of the
5-19 following institutions and entities:
5-20 (1) The University of Texas at Arlington, including
5-21 (A) The University of Texas Institute of Urban
5-22 Studies at Arlington; and
5-23 (B) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
5-24 Arlington;
5-25 (2) The University of Texas at Austin, including
5-26 (A) The University of Texas Marine Science
5-27 Institute;
6-1 (B) The University of Texas McDonald Observatory
6-2 at Mount Locke; and
6-3 (C) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
6-4 Austin;
6-5 (3) The University of Texas at Dallas;
6-6 (4) The University of Texas at El Paso, including The
6-7 University of Texas School of Nursing at El Paso;
6-8 (5) The University of Texas of the Permian Basin;
6-9 (6) The University of Texas at San Antonio, including
6-10 the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at San Antonio;
6-11 (7) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
6-12 Center at Dallas, including
6-13 (A) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
6-14 School at Dallas;
6-15 (B) The University of Texas Southwestern
6-16 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Dallas; and
6-17 (C) The University of Texas Southwestern Allied
6-18 Health Sciences School at Dallas;
6-19 (8) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
6-20 Galveston, including
6-21 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
6-22 Galveston;
6-23 (B) The University of Texas Graduate School of
6-24 Biomedical Sciences at Galveston;
6-25 (C) The University of Texas School of Allied
6-26 Health Sciences at Galveston;
6-27 (D) The University of Texas Marine Biomedical
7-1 Institute at Galveston;
7-2 (E) The University of Texas Hospitals at
7-3 Galveston; and
7-4 (F) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
7-5 Galveston;
7-6 (9) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-7 Houston, including
7-8 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
7-9 Houston;
7-10 (B) The University of Texas Dental Branch at
7-11 Houston;
7-12 (C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
7-13 Biomedical Sciences at Houston;
7-14 (D) The University of Texas School of Allied
7-15 Health Sciences at Houston;
7-16 (E) The University of Texas School of Public
7-17 Health at Houston;
7-18 (F) The University of Texas Speech and Hearing
7-19 Institute at Houston; and
7-20 (G) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
7-21 Houston;
7-22 (10) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-23 San Antonio, including
7-24 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
7-25 San Antonio;
7-26 (B) The University of Texas Dental School at San
7-27 Antonio;
8-1 (C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
8-2 Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio;
8-3 (D) The University of Texas School of Allied
8-4 Health Sciences at San Antonio; and
8-5 (E) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
8-6 San Antonio;
8-7 (11) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
8-8 Center, including
8-9 (A) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
8-10 Hospital;
8-11 (B) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Tumor
8-12 Institute; and
8-13 (C) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
8-14 Science Park; and
8-15 (12) The University of Texas--Pan American, including
8-16 the Applied Manufacturing Technology Center.
8-17 SECTION 8. (a) Not later than the beginning of the fall
8-18 semester in 1995, the board of regents of The University of Texas
8-19 System shall begin offering the courses and degrees required by
8-20 Sections 77.12(d) and (e), Education Code, as added by this Act.
8-21 (b) Not later than September 1, 1993, the board of regents
8-22 of The University of Texas System shall take the necessary actions
8-23 to establish the Applied Manufacturing Technology Center under
8-24 Section 71.16, Education Code, as added by this Act.
8-25 (c) Not later than January 1, 1995, the Applied
8-26 Manufacturing Technology Center established under Section 77.16,
8-27 Education Code, as added by this Act, shall begin providing
9-1 research and technical assistance to maquiladoras along the
9-2 Texas-Mexico border.
9-3 (d) To the extent that funds are available for this purpose,
9-4 the board of regents of The University of Texas System shall
9-5 provide the funding required by Section 65.47, Education Code, as
9-6 added by this Act, beginning with the fiscal year beginning
9-7 September 1, 1993.
9-8 SECTION 9. The importance of this legislation and the
9-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
9-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
9-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
9-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
9-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
9-14 passage, and it is so enacted.