By: Armbrister S.B. No. 362
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the designation of the University of Houston-Victoria
1-2 as an institution.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 111.96, Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 The board of regents shall establish an upper-level
1-7 institution <center> in the City of Victoria to be known as the
1-8 University of Houston-Victoria. The institution <center> shall be
1-9 organized to provide for the instruction of junior, senior, and
1-10 master's level students.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 111.97, Education Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 The board of regents may accept and administer gifts and
1-14 grants for the use and benefit of the institution <center>.
1-15 SECTION 3. Section 111.98, Education Code, is amended to
1-16 read as follows:
1-17 (a) The board of regents may prescribe courses leading to
1-18 appropriate degrees and adopt other rules necessary for the
1-19 operation and management of the institution <center>.
1-20 (b) The institution <center> is subject to the authority of
1-21 the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.
1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.