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.