Amend SB 572 (engrossed printing) as follows:
      (1)  In Section 1, on page 1, line 8, immediately after "is
transferred to the board of regents of The Texas A&M University
System", insert "or of another university system as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code,".
      (2)  In Section 1, on page 1, lines 10 and 13, immediately
after "The Texas A&M University System", insert "or other
university system".
      (3)  In Section 2(a), on page 1, line 21, immediately after
"The Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university
system to which the university is transferred under Section 1 of
this Act".
      (4)  In Section 2(a), on page 2, line 4, immediately after
"The Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university
system".
      (5)  In Section 2(c), on page 2, line 15, immediately after
"The Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university
system to which the university is transferred under Section 1 of
this Act".
      (6)  In Section 2(c), on page 2, line 16, immediately after
"The Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university
system".
      (7)  In Section 3, on page 2, line 24, immediately after "The
Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university system to
which the university is transferred under Section 1 of this Act".
      (8)  In Section 3, on page 3, line 2, immediately after "The
Texas A&M University System," insert "or other university system".
      (9)  In Section 4, on page 3, line 9, in Section 5, on page
3, line 17, in Section 6, on page 3, line 22, and in Section 7, on
page 4, line 3, immediately after "The Texas A&M University
System," insert "or other university system to which the university
is transferred under Section 1 of this Act".
      (10)  In Section 8, on page 4, line 10, immediately after
"takes effect", insert "and the transfer is made to The Texas A&M
University System".
      (11)  On page 5, immediately after Section 8 of the bill, on
page 5, between lines 19 and 20, add a new section appropriately
numbered to read as follows and renumber the other sections of the
bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  AMENDMENT.  If the transfer authorized by
Section 1 of this Act takes effect and that transfer is made to a
university system other than The Texas A&M University System,
effective September 1, 1997, Title 3, Education Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 115 to read as follows:
         CHAPTER 115. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS
      Sec. 115.001.  PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.  (a)  The
Public University for Central Texas is a coeducational upper-level
educational institution located in the city of Killeen.  The
institution is a component institution of higher education of the
university system to which that institution was transferred
pursuant to an Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,
and is under the management and control of the board of regents of
that university system.
      (b)  The board of regents has the same powers and duties
concerning the Public University for Central Texas as are conferred
on the board by law concerning other component institutions of the
university system.
      (c)  The institution may accept only junior, senior, and
graduate-level students.
      Sec. 115.002.  POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS.  (a)  The board
may:
            (1)  prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily
offered in leading American upper-level educational institutions;
            (2)  award the degrees described by Subdivsion (1);
            (3)  enter into an affiliation or coordination
agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for
the operation of a first-class upper-level educational institution;
            (4)  make joint appointments in the Public University
for Central Texas and another institution iwthin the same
university system; and
            (5)  adopt rules for the operation, control, and
management of the institution as necessary for the operation of a
first-class upper-level educational institution, including rules
governing the number of students who may be admitted to any program
at the institution.
      (b)  The salary of a person who receives joint appointment
under Subsection (a)(4) must be apportioned among the institutions
to which the individual is appointed on the basis of the services
rendered.