By Cain, et al. S.B. No. 1298 74R7753 DLF-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the transfer of the Baylor College of Dentistry to The 1-3 Texas A&M University System. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF GOVERNANCE. The board of trustees of 1-6 the Baylor College of Dentistry, a Texas nonprofit corporation, has 1-7 agreed to transfer all right, title, and interest in, and all 1-8 governance authority concerning, the college to the state to permit 1-9 the college to be governed by the board of regents of The Texas A&M 1-10 University System and to be operated as The Texas A&M University 1-11 System-Baylor College of Dentistry. The transfer is accepted and 1-12 becomes effective September 1, 1996. 1-13 SECTION 2. POWERS AND DUTIES. The board of regents of The 1-14 Texas A&M University System shall undertake to govern, operate, 1-15 manage, and control the Baylor College of Dentistry and all land, 1-16 buildings, facilities, improvements, equipment, supplies, and 1-17 property belonging to and comprising that institution under the 1-18 powers, duties, and responsibilities conferred by law on the board 1-19 of regents of The Texas A&M University System for the governance, 1-20 operation, management, and control of component institutions 1-21 comprising that system. 1-22 SECTION 3. CONTRACTS AND WRITTEN OBLIGATIONS. Contracts and 1-23 written obligations of every kind and character, including bonds, 1-24 entered into by the board of trustees of the Baylor College of 2-1 Dentistry for and on behalf of the Baylor College of Dentistry are 2-2 ratified, confirmed, and validated. In those contracts and written 2-3 obligations, including bonds, the board of regents of The Texas A&M 2-4 University System is substituted for and stands and acts in the 2-5 place of the board of trustees of the Baylor College of Dentistry 2-6 to the extent permitted by law. 2-7 SECTION 4. EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON EMPLOYEES. For purposes of 2-8 employment benefits, a person who is an employee of the Baylor 2-9 College of Dentistry as of the effective date of the transfer shall 2-10 be treated the same as any other new employee of The Texas A&M 2-11 University System except that each employee shall be given credit 2-12 for all prior years of service at the Baylor College of Dentistry 2-13 for the purpose of annual leave accrual rates as state employees. 2-14 SECTION 5. CURRENT FUNDING. All funds that, on the 2-15 effective date of the transfer, have been dedicated to or are held 2-16 for the use and benefit of the Baylor College of Dentistry under 2-17 the governance of the board of trustees are transferred to the 2-18 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System for the use and 2-19 benefit of The Texas A&M University System-Baylor College of 2-20 Dentistry. 2-21 SECTION 6. EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON STUDENTS. The transfer of 2-22 governance, operation, management, and control of The Texas A&M 2-23 University System-Baylor College of Dentistry to the board of 2-24 regents of The Texas A&M University System does not affect the 2-25 credit hours earned by students at the Baylor College of Dentistry 2-26 before the effective date of this Act. 2-27 SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 3-1 legislature that the effect of this Act is to transfer governance 3-2 of the existing Baylor College of Dentistry from the board of 3-3 trustees of the nonprofit corporation to the board of regents of 3-4 The Texas A&M University System. This Act does not serve to create 3-5 an institution of higher education entitled to funds under Sections 3-6 17 and 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution. On and after the 3-7 effective date of the transfer, The Texas A&M University 3-8 System-Baylor College of Dentistry is not eligible to receive funds 3-9 under Section 17 or 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution. 3-10 SECTION 8. AMENDMENT. Chapter 87, Education Code, is 3-11 amended by adding Subchapter I to read as follows: 3-12 SUBCHAPTER I. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM-BAYLOR 3-13 COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY 3-14 Sec. 87.801. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM-BAYLOR COLLEGE 3-15 OF DENTISTRY. (a) The Texas A&M University System-Baylor College 3-16 of Dentistry is a component institution of The Texas A&M University 3-17 System under the management and control of the board of regents of 3-18 The Texas A&M University System. 3-19 (b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning The 3-20 Texas A&M University System-Baylor College of Dentistry as are 3-21 conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M University. 3-22 Sec. 87.802. POWERS OF BOARD. (a) The board may: 3-23 (1) provide for the training and teaching of students 3-24 seeking to become: 3-25 (A) dentists; 3-26 (B) dental technicians; or 3-27 (C) other technicians who provide services 4-1 related to the practice of dentistry; 4-2 (2) prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily 4-3 offered in other leading United States dental schools; 4-4 (3) award the degrees described by Subdivision (2); 4-5 (4) enter into an affiliation or coordinating 4-6 agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for 4-7 the operation of a first class school of dentistry; 4-8 (5) make joint appointments in The Texas A&M 4-9 University System-Baylor College of Dentistry and another 4-10 institution within The Texas A&M University System; and 4-11 (6) adopt rules for the operation, control, and 4-12 management of the college, as necessary for the operation of a 4-13 first class school of dentistry, including rules governing the 4-14 number of students that may be admitted to any program at the 4-15 college. 4-16 (b) The salary of the person who receives a joint 4-17 appointment under Subsection (a)(5) must be apportioned among the 4-18 institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of 4-19 the services rendered. 4-20 SECTION 9. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 4-21 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 4-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 4-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 4-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 4-25 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 4-26 passage, and it is so enacted.