By Averitt, Dunnam, Roman                             H.B. No. 1883

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to clarifying the name of the College of Dentistry

 1-3     component of The Texas A&M University System.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 87, Subchapter I, Education Code, is

 1-6     amended to read as follows:

 1-7           SUBCHAPTER I.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--[BAYLOR]

 1-8     COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY

 1-9           Sec. 87.801.  The Texas A&M University System--[Baylor] College

1-10     of Dentistry.  (a)  The Texas A&M University System--[Baylor] College

1-11     of Dentistry is a component institution of The Texas A&M University

1-12     System under the management and control of the board of regents of

1-13     The Texas A&M University System.

1-14           (b)  The board has the same powers and duties concerning The

1-15     Texas A&M University System--[Baylor] College of Dentistry as are

1-16     conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M University.

1-17           Sec. 87.802.  Powers of Board.  (a)  The board may:

1-18                 (1)  provide for the training and teaching of students

1-19     seeking to become:

1-20                       (A)  dentists;

1-21                       (B)  dental hygienists; or

1-22                       (C)  other technicians who provide services

1-23     related to the practice of dentistry;

1-24                 (2)  prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily

 2-1     offered in other leading United States dental schools;

 2-2                 (3)  award the degrees described by Subdivision (2);

 2-3                 (4)  enter into an affiliation or coordinating

 2-4     agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for

 2-5     the operation of a first class school of dentistry;

 2-6                 (5)  make joint appointments in The Texas A&M

 2-7     University System--[Baylor] College of Dentistry and another

 2-8     institution within The Texas A&M University System; and

 2-9                 (6)  adopt rules for the operation, control, and

2-10     management of the college, as necessary for the operation of a

2-11     first class school of dentistry, including rules governing the

2-12     number of students that may be admitted to any program at the

2-13     college.

2-14           (b)  The salary of the person who receives a joint

2-15     appointment under Subsection (a)(5) must be apportioned among the

2-16     institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of

2-17     the services rendered.

2-18           SECTION 2.  The purpose of this Act is to provide a technical

2-19     correction to the statutory language of Subchapter I, Education

2-20     Code, inclusive of Sections 87.801 and 87.802, by deleting the

2-21     reference to Baylor in the name of the College of Dentistry.

2-22     Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has sole discretion regarding the

2-23     Baylor trademark, requiring consent by Baylor University prior to

2-24     use of the Baylor name.  The appropriation of the Baylor name by a

2-25     third party is inconsistent with statutory authority regarding

2-26     trademarks, making it necessary to change the name of the Texas A&M

2-27     University System component to conform with applicable law

 3-1     regarding trademarks.

 3-2           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 3-3     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 3-4     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 3-5     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 3-6     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

 3-7     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

 3-8     passage, and it is so enacted.