By:  Sibley                                           S.B. No. 1028

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

                                       AN ACT

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

 1-2     component of The Texas A&M University System.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 87, Education Code, is

 1-5     amended to read as follows:

 1-6           SUBCHAPTER I.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--COLLEGE

 1-7                    [SYSTEM--BAYLOR COLLEGE] OF DENTISTRY

 1-8           Sec. 87.801.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--COLLEGE

 1-9     [SYSTEM--BAYLOR COLLEGE] of Dentistry.  (a)  The Texas A&M

1-10     University System--College [System--Baylor College] of Dentistry is

1-11     a component institution of The Texas A&M University System under

1-12     the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M

1-13     University System.

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

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

1-16     Dentistry as are conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M

1-17     University.

1-18           Sec. 87.802.  POWERS OF BOARD.  (a)  The board may:

1-19                 (1)  provide for the training and teaching of students

1-20     seeking to become:

1-21                       (A)  dentists;

1-22                       (B)  dental hygienists; or

1-23                       (C)  other technicians who provide services

 2-1     related to the practice of dentistry;

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

 2-3     offered in other leading United States dental schools;

 2-4                 (3)  award the degrees described by Subdivision (2);

 2-5                 (4)  enter into an affiliation or coordinating

 2-6     agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for

 2-7     the operation of a first class school of dentistry;

 2-8                 (5)  make joint appointments in The Texas A&M

 2-9     University System--College [System--Baylor College] of Dentistry

2-10     and another institution within The Texas A&M University System; and

2-11                 (6)  adopt rules for the operation, control, and

2-12     management of the college, as necessary for the operation of a

2-13     first class school of dentistry, including rules governing the

2-14     number of students that may be admitted to any program at the

2-15     college.

2-16           (b)  The salary of the person who receives a joint

2-17     appointment under Subsection (a)(5) must be apportioned among the

2-18     institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of

2-19     the services rendered.

2-20           SECTION 2.  The purpose of this Act is to provide a technical

2-21     correction to the statutory language of Subchapter I, Chapter 87,

2-22     Education Code, by deleting the references to Baylor in the name of

2-23     the College of Dentistry.  Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has

2-24     sole discretion regarding the Baylor trademark, requiring consent

2-25     by Baylor University prior to use of the Baylor name.  The

 3-1     appropriation of the Baylor name by a third party is inconsistent

 3-2     with statutory authority regarding trademarks, making it necessary

 3-3     to change the name of the Texas A&M University System component to

 3-4     conform with applicable law regarding trademarks.

 3-5           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 3-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 3-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 3-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 3-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

3-10     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

3-11     passage, and it is so enacted.