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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