1-1 By: Truan S.B. No. 1044
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 the change of the name of Texas A&I University to Texas
1-9 A&M University--Kingsville.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 87,
1-12 Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 SUBCHAPTER D. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE
1-14 [A&I UNIVERSITY]
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 87.301, Education Code, is amended to
1-16 read as follows:
1-17 Sec. 87.301. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Texas A&M
1-18 University--Kingsville [A&I University] is a coeducational
1-19 institution of higher education located in the city of Kingsville.
1-20 The university is a component institution of The Texas A&M
1-21 University System and is under the management and control of the
1-22 board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.
1-23 (b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning
1-24 Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I University] as are conferred
1-25 on it by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
1-26 SECTION 3. Subdivision (1), Section 51.502, Education Code,
1-27 is amended to read as follows:
1-28 (1) "Eligible institution" means the college,
1-29 department, or other unit of engineering at any of the following
1-30 institutions of higher education:
1-31 (A) The University of Texas at Austin;
1-32 (B) The University of Texas at Arlington;
1-33 (C) The University of Texas at El Paso;
1-34 (D) The University of Texas at San Antonio;
1-35 (E) The University of Texas of the Permian
1-36 Basin;
1-37 (F) Texas A&M University;
1-38 (G) Prairie View A&M University;
1-39 (H) Texas Tech University;
1-40 (I) Lamar University;
1-41 (J) University of Houston; and
1-42 (K) Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I
1-43 University].
1-44 SECTION 4. Subdivision (3), Section 61.003, Education Code,
1-45 is amended to read as follows:
1-46 (3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
1-47 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
1-48 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
1-49 Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
1-50 University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
1-51 Tarleton State University [College]; Prairie View A&M University
1-52 [Agricultural and Mechanical College]; Texas Maritime Academy;
1-53 Texas Tech University; University of North Texas; Lamar University;
1-54 Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I University]; Texas Woman's
1-55 University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern State University;
1-56 University of Houston; University of Texas--Pan American [Pan
1-57 American University]; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas
1-58 A&M University--Commerce [East Texas State University]; Sam Houston
1-59 State University; Southwest Texas State University; West Texas A&M
1-60 [State] University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross
1-61 State University; Angelo State University; The University of Texas
1-62 at Tyler [Tyler State College]; and any other college, university,
1-63 or institution so classified as provided in this chapter or created
1-64 and so classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.
2-1 SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 85.70, Education Code, is
2-2 amended to read as follows:
2-3 (c) The board shall lease for oil, gas, sulphur, or other
2-4 mineral development, as prescribed by this subchapter, all or part
2-5 of the land under the exclusive control of the board owned by the
2-6 State of Texas and acquired for the use of Texas A&M
2-7 University--Kingsville [A&I University] and its divisions. Any
2-8 money received by the board concerning such land under this
2-9 subchapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
2-10 of a special fund to be known as the Texas A&M
2-11 University--Kingsville [A&I University] special mineral fund, to be
2-12 used exclusively for Texas A&M University--Kingsville [A&I
2-13 University] and its branches and divisions. Money may not be
2-14 expended from this fund except as authorized by the general
2-15 appropriations act.
2-16 SECTION 6. Section 52.291, Natural Resources Code, is
2-17 amended to read as follows:
2-18 Sec. 52.291. COVERAGE. The following persons, agencies, and
2-19 entities are subject to the provisions of Sections 52.292 through
2-20 52.293 of this code:
2-21 (1) the commissioner;
2-22 (2) the board;
2-23 (3) boards for lease of land owned by a department,
2-24 board, or agency of the state created by Chapter 34 of this code;
2-25 (4) the Board for Lease of University Lands;
2-26 (5) the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University;
2-27 (6) the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University;
2-28 (7) [the Board of Directors of Texas A&I University;]
2-29 [(8)] the Board of Regents of the Texas[,] State
2-30 University System [Senior Colleges];
2-31 (8) [(9)] the Board of Regents of the University of
2-32 Houston;
2-33 (9) [(10)] any other board of regents or other
2-34 governing board of a state-supported institution of higher learning
2-35 having authority to execute oil and gas leases on land owned by the
2-36 institution;
2-37 (10) [(11)] an owner of land or minerals in this state
2-38 whose authority to lease the land or minerals as agent for the
2-39 state arises in whole or in part from what is commonly known as the
2-40 Relinquishment Act, codified in Subchapter F of this chapter;
2-41 (11) [(12)] the Board for Lease of State Park Lands;
2-42 (12) [(13)] the Board for Lease of the Texas
2-43 Department of Criminal Justice [Corrections]; and
2-44 (13) [(14)] the commissioners court of any county in
2-45 this state.
2-46 SECTION 7. Subsection (e), Section 12.1105, Parks and
2-47 Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-48 (e) The Parks and Wildlife Department, when requested by
2-49 authorized representatives of units of The University of Texas
2-50 System, The Texas A&M University System, [the Texas A&I University
2-51 System, Pan American University,] and the Texas State University
2-52 System engaged in teaching and research related to marine science
2-53 and oceanography, may transfer to such units of said universities
2-54 and university systems nets, seines, and other marine equipment,
2-55 which have been seized under this section, to be used in carrying
2-56 out the teaching and research programs within said institutions.
2-57 SECTION 8. (a) A reference in law to Texas A&I University
2-58 means Texas A&M University--Kingsville.
2-59 (b) An appropriation for the use and benefit of Texas A&I
2-60 University is available for the use and benefit of Texas A&M
2-61 University--Kingsville.
2-62 SECTION 9. The importance of this legislation and the
2-63 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-64 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-65 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-66 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-67 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-68 passage, and it is so enacted.