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         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.  Chapter 87, Subchapter I, Education Code, is

 1-5     amended to read as follows:

 1-6           SUBCHAPTER I.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM -- [BAYLOR]

 1-7     COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY

 1-8           Section 87.801.  The Texas A&M University System -- [Baylor]

 1-9     College of Dentistry

1-10           (a)  The Texas A&M University System -- [Baylor] College of

1-11     Dentistry is a component institution of The Texas A&M University

1-12     System under the management and control of the board of regents of

1-13     The Texas A&M University System.

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

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

1-16     conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M University.

1-17           Section 87.802.  Powers of Board.

1-18           (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 -- [Baylor] College of Dentistry and another

2-10     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, Education

2-22     Code, inclusive of Sections 87.801 and 87.802, by deleting the

2-23     reference to Baylor in the name of the College of Dentistry.

2-24     Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has sole discretion regarding the

2-25     Baylor trademark, requiring consent by Baylor University prior to

 3-1     use of the Baylor name.  The appropriation of the Baylor name by a

 3-2     third party is inconsistent with statutory authority regarding

 3-3     trademarks, making it necessary to change the name of the Texas A&M

 3-4     University System component to conform with applicable law

 3-5     regarding trademarks.

 3-6           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 3-7     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 3-8     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 3-9     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

3-10     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

3-11     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

3-12     passage, and it is so enacted.