1-1 By: Cain, Turner, Sibley S.B. No. 1298 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1995; March 20, 1995, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 5, 1995, 1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 5, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1298 By: Zaffirini 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to the transfer of the Baylor College of Dentistry to The 1-10 Texas A&M University System. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF GOVERNANCE. The Baylor College of 1-13 Dentistry, a Texas nonprofit corporation, including the 1-14 organization, control, management, and property of that 1-15 institution, is transferred to the board of regents of The Texas 1-16 A&M University System if the board of trustees of the Baylor 1-17 College of Dentistry and the board of regents of The Texas A&M 1-18 University System agree to the transfer not later than August 31, 1-19 1996. If the boards agree to the transfer in the time provided, 1-20 the transfer is effective September 1, 1996, and is governed by 1-21 Sections 2 through 7 of this Act. When the transfer takes effect, 1-22 the institution shall be known as The Texas A&M University 1-23 System--Baylor College of Dentistry. 1-24 SECTION 2. POWERS AND DUTIES; RULES AND POLICIES. (a) The 1-25 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall undertake 1-26 to govern, operate, manage, and control The Texas A&M University 1-27 System--Baylor College of Dentistry and all land, buildings, 1-28 facilities, improvements, equipment, supplies, and property 1-29 belonging to and comprising that institution under the powers, 1-30 duties, and responsibilities conferred by law on the board of 1-31 regents of The Texas A&M University System for the governance, 1-32 operation, management, and control of component institutions 1-33 comprising that system. 1-34 (b) The Texas A&M University System--Baylor College of 1-35 Dentistry may continue to award degrees in the same disciplines and 1-36 of the same academic standing as the Baylor College of Dentistry. 1-37 New degree programs at the institution are subject to the approval 1-38 process applicable to other state-supported dental schools. 1-39 (c) Rules and policies adopted by the board of trustees of 1-40 the Baylor College of Dentistry to govern that institution that are 1-41 in effect when the transfer takes effect are continued in effect 1-42 until adopted, repealed, or superseded by the board of regents of 1-43 The Texas A&M University System. The board of regents may adopt 1-44 rules and policies applicable to The Texas A&M University 1-45 System--Baylor College of Dentistry in anticipation of the transfer 1-46 authorized by this Act. 1-47 SECTION 3. CONTRACTS AND WRITTEN OBLIGATIONS. Contracts and 1-48 written obligations of every kind and character entered into by the 1-49 board of trustees of the Baylor College of Dentistry for and on 1-50 behalf of the Baylor College of Dentistry are ratified, confirmed, 1-51 and validated. In those contracts and written obligations, the 1-52 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System is substituted 1-53 for and stands and acts in the place of the board of trustees of 1-54 the Baylor College of Dentistry to the extent permitted by law. 1-55 SECTION 4. EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON EMPLOYEES. For purposes of 1-56 employment benefits, a person who is an employee of the Baylor 1-57 College of Dentistry as of the effective date of the transfer shall 1-58 be treated the same as any other new employee of The Texas A&M 1-59 University System except that each employee shall be given credit 1-60 for all prior years of service at the Baylor College of Dentistry 1-61 for the purpose of annual leave accrual rates as state employees. 1-62 SECTION 5. CURRENT FUNDING. All funds that, on the 1-63 effective date of the transfer, have been dedicated to or are held 1-64 for the use and benefit of the Baylor College of Dentistry under 1-65 the governance of the board of trustees are transferred to the 1-66 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System for the use and 1-67 benefit of The Texas A&M University System--Baylor College of 1-68 Dentistry. 2-1 SECTION 6. EFFECT OF TRANSFER ON STUDENTS. The transfer of 2-2 governance, operation, management, and control of the Baylor 2-3 College of Dentistry to the board of regents of The Texas A&M 2-4 University System does not affect the credit hours earned by 2-5 students at the Baylor College of Dentistry before the effective 2-6 date of this Act. 2-7 SECTION 7. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the 2-8 legislature that the effect of this Act is to transfer governance 2-9 of the existing Baylor College of Dentistry from the board of 2-10 trustees of the nonprofit corporation to the board of regents of 2-11 The Texas A&M University System. This Act does not create an 2-12 institution of higher education entitled to funds under Sections 17 2-13 and 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution. On and after the 2-14 effective date of the transfer, The Texas A&M University 2-15 System--Baylor College of Dentistry is not eligible to receive 2-16 funds under Section 17 or 18, Article VII, Texas Constitution. 2-17 SECTION 8. AMENDMENT. Chapter 87, Education Code, is 2-18 amended by adding Subchapter I to read as follows: 2-19 SUBCHAPTER I. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--BAYLOR 2-20 COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY 2-21 Sec. 87.801. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--BAYLOR COLLEGE 2-22 OF DENTISTRY. (a) The Texas A&M University System--Baylor College 2-23 of Dentistry is a component institution of The Texas A&M University 2-24 System under the management and control of the board of regents of 2-25 The Texas A&M University System. 2-26 (b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning The 2-27 Texas A&M University System--Baylor College of Dentistry as are 2-28 conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M University. 2-29 Sec. 87.802. POWERS OF BOARD. (a) The board may: 2-30 (1) provide for the training and teaching of students 2-31 seeking to become: 2-32 (A) dentists; 2-33 (B) dental hygienists; or 2-34 (C) other technicians who provide services 2-35 related to the practice of dentistry; 2-36 (2) prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily 2-37 offered in other leading United States dental schools; 2-38 (3) award the degrees described by Subdivision (2); 2-39 (4) enter into an affiliation or coordinating 2-40 agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for 2-41 the operation of a first-class school of dentistry; 2-42 (5) make joint appointments in The Texas A&M 2-43 University System--Baylor College of Dentistry and another 2-44 institution within The Texas A&M University System; and 2-45 (6) adopt rules for the operation, control, and 2-46 management of the college, as necessary for the operation of a 2-47 first class school of dentistry, including rules governing the 2-48 number of students that may be admitted to any program at the 2-49 college. 2-50 (b) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment 2-51 under Subsection (a)(5) must be apportioned among the institutions 2-52 to which the individual is appointed on the basis of the services 2-53 rendered. 2-54 SECTION 9. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-55 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-56 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-57 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-58 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-59 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-60 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-61 * * * * *