HBA-KMH S.B. 1859 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1859 By: Sibley Higher Education 5/7/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Texas Woman's University and the Institute for Health Sciences at Texas Woman's University have operated as a system, under one board of regents, for 27 years. However, the Education Code does not specify that the institutions are part of a system. S.B. 1859 creates the Texas Woman's University System. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 107, Education Code, by amending the chapter heading, as follows: CHAPTER 107. New Title: TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 107, Education Code, by adding Section 107.001, as follows: Sec. 107.001. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. Sets forth the creation of the Texas Woman's University System (system). Vests the governance, control, jurisdiction, organization, and management of the system and each component of the system in the present board of regents of Texas Woman's University, which will be known and designated as the board of regents of Texas Woman's University System (board). SECTION 3. Amends Section 107.42, Education Code, to require the board to appoint a chancellor or president of the university system and other officers and employees of the system and its components it deems proper and to fix their salaries. Requires the board to make rules and regulations for the government of the staff of the system and its components, rather than university, as it deems advisable. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.