1-1     By:  Truan                                             S.B. No. 816

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 1997; March 4, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 1, 1997,

 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0;

 1-5     April 1, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the change of name of Corpus Christi State University

 1-9     to Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi and to eliminating certain

1-10     obsolete provisions relating to the university.

1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 55.1711, Education Code, is amended to

1-13     read as follows:

1-14           Sec. 55.1711.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--CORPUS CHRISTI [CORPUS

1-15     CHRISTI STATE UNIVERSITY].  (a)  The board of regents of The Texas

1-16     A&M University System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve,

1-17     enlarge, and equip property, buildings, structures, and facilities

1-18     for Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi State

1-19     University], including a classroom, a laboratory, and an office

1-20     facility; a central heating and air conditioning plant; roads,

1-21     sidewalks, landscaping, and related infrastructure; and a physical

1-22     education instructional facility.  The board may finance said

1-23     facilities through the issuance of bonds pursuant to this

1-24     subchapter and in accordance with its existing system-wide revenue

1-25     financing program and may pledge irrevocably to the payment of such

1-26     bonds all or any part of the aggregate amount of student tuition

1-27     charges required or authorized by law to be imposed on students

1-28     enrolled at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi

1-29     State University]; and the amount of any pledge so made shall never

1-30     be reduced or abrogated while such bonds, or bonds issued to refund

1-31     such bonds, are outstanding.  Bonds issued pursuant to this

1-32     subsection may not be issued in an aggregate principal amount

1-33     exceeding $30 million.

1-34           (b)  The bonds issued hereunder and the facilities financed

1-35     thereby shall be subject to all approvals then required by law.

1-36           SECTION 2.  Subdivision (3), Section 61.003, Education Code,

1-37     is amended to read as follows:

1-38                 (3)  "General academic teaching institution" means The

1-39     University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;

1-40     The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of

1-41     Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M

1-42     University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;

1-43     Tarleton State College; Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical

1-44     College; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University

1-45     of North Texas; Lamar University; Texas A&I University; Texas A&M

1-46     University--Corpus Christi;  Texas Woman's University; Texas

1-47     Southern University; Midwestern University; University of Houston;

1-48     Pan American University; The University of Texas at Brownsville;

1-49     East Texas State University; Sam Houston State University;

1-50     Southwest Texas State University; West Texas State University;

1-51     Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State University;

1-52     Angelo State University; Tyler State College;   and any other

1-53     college, university, or institution so classified as provided in

1-54     this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or impliedly,

1-55     by law.

1-56           SECTION 3.  Subchapter E, Chapter 87, Education Code, is

1-57     amended to read as follows:

1-58             SUBCHAPTER E.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--CORPUS CHRISTI

1-59                      [CORPUS CHRISTI STATE UNIVERSITY]

1-60           Sec. 87.401.  ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE.  (a)  Texas A&M

1-61     University--Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi State University] is a

1-62     coeducational educational institution located in the city of Corpus

1-63     Christi.  The upper-level institution is a component institution of

1-64     The Texas A&M University System and is under the management and

 2-1     control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.

 2-2           (b)  The board has the same powers and duties concerning

 2-3     Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi State

 2-4     University] as are conferred on it by statute concerning Texas A&M

 2-5     University.

 2-6           Sec. 87.402.  Courses and Degrees; Rules; Joint Appointments.

 2-7     (a)  The board, with the approval of the Texas Higher Education

 2-8     Coordinating Board, may prescribe courses leading to customary

 2-9     degrees as are offered at leading American educational institutions

2-10     and may award those degrees, including baccalaureate, master's, and

2-11     doctoral degrees and their equivalents.

2-12           (b)  A new department, school, or degree program may not be

2-13     instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education

2-14     Coordinating Board.

2-15           (c)  The board shall adopt other rules for the operation,

2-16     control, and management of the institution, including the

2-17     determination of the number of students that may be admitted to any

2-18     school, college, or degree-granting program, as may be necessary

2-19     for the conduct of the institution as one of the first class.

2-20           (d)  The board may make joint faculty appointments in Texas

2-21     A&M University--Corpus Christi [Corpus Christi State University]

2-22     and in other institutions under its governance.  The salary of a

2-23     person who receives a joint appointment shall be apportioned to the

2-24     appointing institution on the basis of services rendered.

2-25           [Sec. 87.403.  ADMISSION STANDARDS.  Admission standards at

2-26     Corpus Christi State University for freshman- and sophomore-level

2-27     students must be comparable to the admission standards for

2-28     freshman- and sophomore-level students at public senior colleges

2-29     and universities that are members of the Southwest Conference.]

2-30           [Sec. 87.404.  LIMITATIONS.  (a)  Corpus Christi State

2-31     University may not offer freshman and sophomore courses until the

2-32     fall semester, 1994.]

2-33           [(b)  Freshman enrollment at Corpus Christi State University

2-34     shall be limited to:]

2-35                 [(1)  400 students for 1994; and]

2-36                 [(2)  500 students for 1995, unless a total enrollment

2-37     increase of 300 or more students occurs between the fall semester

2-38     of 1993 and the fall semester of 1994 at Texas A & I University and

2-39     at Del Mar College.]

2-40           SECTION 4.  (a)  A reference in law to Corpus Christi State

2-41     University means Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

2-42           (b)  An appropriation for the use and benefit of Corpus

2-43     Christi State University is available for the use and benefit of

2-44     Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi.

2-45           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-46     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-47     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-48     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-49     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

2-50     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

2-51     passage, and it is so enacted.

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