1-1 By: Whitmire S.B. No. 730
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 1997; February 26, 1997,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 March 20, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
1-5 Nays 0; March 20, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to changing the name of the Institute for Urban Studies at
1-9 the University of Houston to the Center for Public Policy.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 111, Education Code, is
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 SUBCHAPTER D. CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY
1-14 [INSTITUTE FOR URBAN STUDIES]
1-15 Sec. 111.61. CREATION OF CENTER [INSTITUTE]; LOCATION. The
1-16 board of regents of the University of Houston shall establish and
1-17 maintain the Center for Public Policy [an institute for urban
1-18 studies] in the Houston metropolitan area.
1-19 Sec. 111.62. ADMINISTRATION. The administration of the
1-20 Center for Public Policy [institute for urban studies] shall be
1-21 under the direction of the president and board of regents of the
1-22 University of Houston. The administrative officer of the center
1-23 [institute] shall be appointed by the president with the approval
1-24 of the board. The administrative officer shall appoint the
1-25 professional and administrative staff of the center [institute]
1-26 according to usual procedures and with the approval of the board.
1-27 Sec. 111.63. ROLE AND SCOPE OF CENTER [INSTITUTE]. The
1-28 Center for Public Policy [institute of urban studies] shall conduct
1-29 basic and applied research into urban problems and public policy
1-30 and make available the results of this research to private groups
1-31 and public bodies and officials. It may offer consultative and
1-32 general advisory services concerning urban problems and their
1-33 solutions. According to the policies of the Texas Higher Education
1-34 Coordinating Board[, Texas College and University System], and with
1-35 its approval, the center [institute] may conduct instructional and
1-36 training programs for those who are working in or expect to make
1-37 careers in urban public service. The training programs may be
1-38 conducted by the center [institute] either in its own name or by
1-39 agreement and cooperation with other public and private
1-40 organizations.
1-41 Sec. 111.64. CORRELATION OF PROGRAMS. In order to correlate
1-42 the programs offered by the Center for Public Policy [institute]
1-43 and the institute established by The University of Texas System
1-44 under Subchapter B, Chapter 75[, of this code], there shall be
1-45 maintained regular liaison between the center and the institute
1-46 [institutes] concerning programs undertaken, a joint committee for
1-47 future planning, and a union catalogue of research resources. This
1-48 correlation shall be achieved by utilizing regular administrative
1-49 channels, including the staff of the Texas Higher Education
1-50 Coordinating Board[, Texas College and University System].
1-51 Sec. 111.65. RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS, PROPERTY,
1-52 AND SERVICES. In addition to state appropriations, the Center for
1-53 Public Policy [institute] may receive and expend or use funds,
1-54 property, or services from any source, public or private, under
1-55 rules established by the president and the board and under
1-56 applicable state laws.
1-57 SECTION 2. The name of the University of Houston Institute
1-58 for Urban Studies is changed to the University of Houston Center
1-59 for Public Policy.
1-60 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-61 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-62 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-63 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-64 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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