By Jones of Lubbock                                   H.B. No. 2616

         75R8367 CAG-D                           

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the erection of statues of distinguished Texans on the

 1-3     campus of Texas Tech University.

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

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 109, Education Code, is

 1-6     amended by adding  Section 109.53 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 109.53. STATUES OF DISTINGUISHED TEXANS.  (a)  The board

 1-8     may erect and display statues of distinguished Texans who are also

 1-9     graduates of Texas Tech University or a professional school or

1-10     component institution of Texas Tech University.

1-11           (b)  The board shall designate an area to display the

1-12     statues. The area must be visible from the main entrance to the

1-13     university and located near any existing statue that has been

1-14     erected and displayed representing the spirit of or a symbol of the

1-15     university.

1-16           (c)  The board shall move any statue of a distinguished Texan

1-17     who is also a graduate of Texas Tech University or a professional

1-18     school or component institution of Texas Tech University that is

1-19     located on the campus of the university to the area designated

1-20     under Subsection (b).

1-21           (d)  The board may accept donations, gifts, grants, and

1-22     endowments for purposes of this section. A statue may be purchased,

1-23     erected, and displayed only with funds accepted under this

1-24     subsection.

 2-1           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-2     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-3     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-4     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-5     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

 2-6     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

 2-7     passage, and it is so enacted.