1-1     By:  Patterson                                        S.B. No. 1219

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1997; March 17, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 1, 1997,

 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10, 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 power of the board of regents of The Texas A&M

 1-9     University System to designate Texas A&M University at Galveston as

1-10     a branch campus of Texas A&M University.

1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 87.201, Education Code,

1-13     is amended to read as follows:

1-14           (a)  Texas A&M University at Galveston is a special purpose

1-15     institution of higher education for undergraduate instruction in

1-16     marine and maritime studies in science, engineering, and business

1-17     and for research and public service related to the general field of

1-18     marine resources.  The institution is under the management and

1-19     control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System,

1-20     with degrees offered under the name and authority of Texas A&M

1-21     University at College Station.  The board of regents of The Texas

1-22     A&M University System shall have the authority to designate Texas

1-23     A&M University at Galveston as a branch of Texas A&M University;

1-24     however, such designation, if made, shall not change the role and

1-25     mission of Texas A&M University at Galveston as specified in this

1-26     section.

1-27           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-28     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-29     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-30     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-31     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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