AN ACT
1-1 relating to the change of the name of Texas A&I University to Texas
1-2 A&M University--Kingsville.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 87,
1-5 Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 SUBCHAPTER D. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE
1-7 [A&I UNIVERSITY]
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 87.301, Education Code, is amended to
1-9 read as follows:
1-10 Sec. 87.301. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Texas A&M
1-11 University--Kingsville [A&I University] is a coeducational
1-12 institution of higher education located in the city of Kingsville.
1-13 The university is a component institution of The Texas A&M
1-14 University System and is under the management and control of the
1-15 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.
1-16 (b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning
1-17 Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I University] as are conferred
1-18 on it by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
1-19 SECTION 3. Subdivision (1), Section 51.502, Education Code,
1-20 is amended to read as follows:
1-21 (1) "Eligible institution" means the college,
1-22 department, or other unit of engineering at any of the following
1-23 institutions of higher education:
2-1 (A) The University of Texas at Austin;
2-2 (B) The University of Texas at Arlington;
2-3 (C) The University of Texas at El Paso;
2-4 (D) The University of Texas at San Antonio;
2-5 (E) The University of Texas of the Permian
2-6 Basin;
2-7 (F) Texas A&M University;
2-8 (G) Prairie View A&M University;
2-9 (H) Texas Tech University;
2-10 (I) Lamar University;
2-11 (J) University of Houston; and
2-12 (K) Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I
2-13 University].
2-14 SECTION 4. Subdivision (3), Section 61.003, Education Code,
2-15 is amended to read as follows:
2-16 (3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
2-17 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
2-18 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
2-19 Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
2-20 University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
2-21 Tarleton State University [College]; Prairie View A&M University
2-22 [Agricultural and Mechanical College]; Texas Maritime Academy;
2-23 Texas Tech University; University of North Texas; Lamar University;
2-24 Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I University]; Texas Woman's
2-25 University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern State University;
3-1 University of Houston; University of Texas--Pan American [Pan
3-2 American University]; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas
3-3 A&M University--Commerce [East Texas State University]; Sam Houston
3-4 State University; Southwest Texas State University; West Texas A&M
3-5 [State] University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross
3-6 State University; Angelo State University; The University of Texas
3-7 at Tyler [Tyler State College]; and any other college, university,
3-8 or institution so classified as provided in this chapter or created
3-9 and so classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.
3-10 SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 85.70, Education Code, is
3-11 amended to read as follows:
3-12 (c) The board shall lease for oil, gas, sulphur, or other
3-13 mineral development, as prescribed by this subchapter, all or part
3-14 of the land under the exclusive control of the board owned by the
3-15 State of Texas and acquired for the use of Texas A&M
3-16 University--Kingsville [A&I University] and its divisions. Any
3-17 money received by the board concerning such land under this
3-18 subchapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
3-19 of a special fund to be known as the Texas A&M
3-20 University--Kingsville [A&I University] special mineral fund, to be
3-21 used exclusively for Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I
3-22 University] and its branches and divisions. Money may not be
3-23 expended from this fund except as authorized by the general
3-24 appropriations act.
3-25 SECTION 6. Section 52.291, Natural Resources Code, is
4-1 amended to read as follows:
4-2 Sec. 52.291. COVERAGE. The following persons, agencies, and
4-3 entities are subject to the provisions of Sections 52.292 through
4-4 52.293 of this code:
4-5 (1) the commissioner;
4-6 (2) the board;
4-7 (3) boards for lease of land owned by a department,
4-8 board, or agency of the state created by Chapter 34 of this code;
4-9 (4) the Board for Lease of University Lands;
4-10 (5) the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University;
4-11 (6) the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University;
4-12 (7) [the Board of Directors of Texas A&I University;]
4-13 [(8)] the Board of Regents of the Texas[,] State
4-14 University System [Senior Colleges];
4-15 (8) [(9)] the Board of Regents of the University of
4-16 Houston;
4-17 (9) [(10)] any other board of regents or other
4-18 governing board of a state-supported institution of higher learning
4-19 having authority to execute oil and gas leases on land owned by the
4-20 institution;
4-21 (10) [(11)] an owner of land or minerals in this state
4-22 whose authority to lease the land or minerals as agent for the
4-23 state arises in whole or in part from what is commonly known as the
4-24 Relinquishment Act, codified in Subchapter F of this chapter;
4-25 (11) [(12)] the Board for Lease of State Park Lands;
5-1 (12) [(13)] the Board for Lease of the Texas
5-2 Department of Criminal Justice [Corrections]; and
5-3 (13) [(14)] the commissioners court of any county in
5-4 this state.
5-5 SECTION 7. Subsection (e), Section 12.1105, Parks and
5-6 Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
5-7 (e) The Parks and Wildlife Department, when requested by
5-8 authorized representatives of units of The University of Texas
5-9 System, The Texas A&M University System, [the Texas A&I University
5-10 System, Pan American University,] and the Texas State University
5-11 System engaged in teaching and research related to marine science
5-12 and oceanography, may transfer to such units of said universities
5-13 and university systems nets, seines, and other marine equipment,
5-14 which have been seized under this section, to be used in carrying
5-15 out the teaching and research programs within said institutions.
5-16 SECTION 8. (a) A reference in law to Texas A&I University
5-17 means Texas A&M University--Kingsville.
5-18 (b) An appropriation for the use and benefit of Texas A&I
5-19 University is available for the use and benefit of Texas A&M
5-20 University--Kingsville.
5-21 SECTION 9. The importance of this legislation and the
5-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
6-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
6-2 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1044 passed the Senate on
April 10, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1044 passed the House on
May 7, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor