1-1     By:  Sibley                                           S.B. No. 1028

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 1997; March 11, 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 clarifying the name of the College of Dentistry

 1-9     component of The Texas A&M University System.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 87, Education Code, is

1-12     amended to read as follows:

1-13           SUBCHAPTER I.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--COLLEGE

1-14                    [SYSTEM--BAYLOR COLLEGE] OF DENTISTRY

1-15           Sec. 87.801.  THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM--COLLEGE

1-16     [SYSTEM--BAYLOR COLLEGE] of Dentistry.  (a)  The Texas A&M

1-17     University System--College [System--Baylor College] of Dentistry is

1-18     a component institution of The Texas A&M University System under

1-19     the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M

1-20     University System.

1-21           (b)  The board has the same powers and duties concerning The

1-22     Texas A&M University System--College [System--Baylor College] of

1-23     Dentistry as are conferred on it by law concerning Texas A&M

1-24     University.

1-25           Sec. 87.802.  POWERS OF BOARD.  (a)  The board may:

1-26                 (1)  provide for the training and teaching of students

1-27     seeking to become:

1-28                       (A)  dentists;

1-29                       (B)  dental hygienists; or

1-30                       (C)  other technicians who provide services

1-31     related to the practice of dentistry;

1-32                 (2)  prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily

1-33     offered in other leading United States dental schools;

1-34                 (3)  award the degrees described by Subdivision (2);

1-35                 (4)  enter into an affiliation or coordinating

1-36     agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for

1-37     the operation of a first class school of dentistry;

1-38                 (5)  make joint appointments in The Texas A&M

1-39     University System--College [System--Baylor College] of Dentistry

1-40     and another institution within The Texas A&M University System; and

1-41                 (6)  adopt rules for the operation, control, and

1-42     management of the college, as necessary for the operation of a

1-43     first class school of dentistry, including rules governing the

1-44     number of students that may be admitted to any program at the

1-45     college.

1-46           (b)  The salary of the person who receives a joint

1-47     appointment under Subsection (a)(5) must be apportioned among the

1-48     institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of

1-49     the services rendered.

1-50           SECTION 2.  The purpose of this Act is to provide a technical

1-51     correction to the statutory language of Subchapter I, Chapter 87,

1-52     Education Code, by deleting the references to Baylor in the name of

1-53     the College of Dentistry.  Baylor University in Waco, Texas, has

1-54     sole discretion regarding the Baylor trademark, requiring consent

1-55     by Baylor University prior to use of the Baylor name.  The

1-56     appropriation of the Baylor name by a third party is inconsistent

1-57     with statutory authority regarding trademarks, making it necessary

1-58     to change the name of the Texas A&M University System component to

1-59     conform with applicable law regarding trademarks.

1-60           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-61     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-62     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-63     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-64     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

 2-1     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

 2-2     passage, and it is so enacted.

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