By Wilson H.B. No. 3029
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the transfer to the state of Paul Quinn College to
1-3 become an institution of higher education under the governance of
1-4 the board of regents of Texas Southern University.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. (a) If the governing board of the entity that
1-7 owns Paul Quinn College, a private institution of higher education
1-8 located in Dallas County, offers to donate the campus of that
1-9 college, including the land, structures, improvements, equipment,
1-10 and other facilities, to this state before January 1, 1997, and
1-11 that property is free of liens or other encumbrances, this state
1-12 accepts the gift and transfers the property to the custody,
1-13 control, and governance of the board of regents of Texas Southern
1-14 University with the same status as other property of that board of
1-15 regents.
1-16 (b) If the governing board of the entity that owns Paul
1-17 Quinn College, a private institution of higher education located in
1-18 Dallas County, offers to sell the campus of that college, including
1-19 the land, structures, improvements, equipment, and facilities, to
1-20 this state before January 1, 1997, in exchange for an amount equal
1-21 to the value of any liens or other encumbrances on the property,
1-22 this state agrees to purchase the property for that amount if the
1-23 legislature has appropriated or made available to the Texas Higher
2-1 Education Coordinating Board or the board of regents of Texas
2-2 Southern University sufficient funds to purchase the property for
2-3 that amount.
2-4 (c) If this state accepts the gift of the property of Paul
2-5 Quinn College under Subsection (a) of this section or purchases the
2-6 property under Subsection (b) of this section, the property is
2-7 transferred to the ownership, control, and governance of the board
2-8 of regents of Texas Southern University with the same status as
2-9 other property of that board of regents.
2-10 (d) The commissioner of higher education represents this
2-11 state for purposes of receiving the offer to donate or sell the
2-12 property and accepting that offer on behalf of this state, and
2-13 shall accept the offer as provided by Subsection (a) or (b) of this
2-14 section, as applicable, as soon as practicable after the offer is
2-15 made. The state's acceptance takes effect on the date the
2-16 commissioner certifies that the donation has been accepted or the
2-17 purchase has been completed.
2-18 (e) If the property of Paul Quinn College is transferred to
2-19 the board of regents of Texas Southern University under this
2-20 section, the board shall continue to operate the existing programs
2-21 and activities of the college to the extent necessary to operate
2-22 the college as Paul Quinn University in accordance with Chapter
2-23 106, Education Code, as amended by this Act. Before the property
2-24 is transferred to this state, the board may enter into agreements
2-25 conditioned on the transfer to facilitate the continuation of those
3-1 programs or activities.
3-2 SECTION 2. On the date the commissioner of higher education
3-3 certifies that the state has acceptance of the donation of or
3-4 completed the purchase of the property of Paul Quinn College under
3-5 Section 1 of this Act, Subchapter A, Chapter 106, Education Code,
3-6 is amended by adding Section 106.003 to read as follows:
3-7 Sec. 106.003. PAUL QUINN UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of
3-8 regents of Texas Southern University shall operate a coeducational
3-9 institution of higher education in Dallas County to be known as
3-10 Paul Quinn University.
3-11 (b) The university shall be operated as a separate
3-12 degree-granting institution.
3-13 (c) Until the university is included in the funding provided
3-14 by Section 17 or 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution, the
3-15 university is considered to be a part of Texas Southern University
3-16 eligible for the benefits of the funds allocated to Texas Southern
3-17 University under Subchapter B, Chapter 62.
3-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-24 passage, and it is so enacted.