Amend CSHB 1235 by adding a new section appropriately
numbered to read as follows and renumbering subsequent sections
appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 55.174 to read as follows:
      Sec. 55.174.  TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY.  (a)  In addition to
other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of
Texas Southern University may acquire, purchase, construct,
improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings,
structures, facilities, roads, or related infrastructure for Texas
Southern University to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a revenue
financing program adopted by the board in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $20 million.
      (b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Southern
University, including student tuition charges required or
authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at the
university.  The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may
not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.