AN ACT
1-1 relating to the establishment and operation of a campus extension
1-2 of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 74, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-5 Subchapter M to read as follows:
1-6 SUBCHAPTER M. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT
1-7 SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS EXTENSION
1-8 Sec. 74.701. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH CAMPUS EXTENSION. The
1-9 board of regents of The University of Texas System shall establish
1-10 and operate a campus extension of The University of Texas Health
1-11 Science Center at San Antonio in the city of Laredo if:
1-12 (1) a public or private entity offers the board of
1-13 regents sufficient land in that city to construct a campus
1-14 extension; and
1-15 (2) public or private entities agree to provide funds
1-16 necessary to construct an administrative building for the campus
1-17 extension.
1-18 Sec. 74.702. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CAMPUS EXTENSION.
1-19 (a) The board of regents may exercise any power granted to the
1-20 board under Subchapter D in establishing and operating the campus
1-21 extension.
1-22 (b) The board of regents shall assign responsibility for
1-23 management of the campus extension to The University of Texas
1-24 Health Science Center at San Antonio.
2-1 (c) The operating costs of the campus extension shall be
2-2 paid from the operating funds of The University of Texas Health
2-3 Science Center at San Antonio for that purpose and from available
2-4 funds from any public or private entity.
2-5 (d) The primary purpose of the campus extension is to
2-6 support educational activities. The campus extension may be used
2-7 to provide undergraduate and graduate medical and dental education,
2-8 including residency training programs, and other levels of health
2-9 education work in collaboration with Texas A&M International
2-10 University or any component institution of The Texas A&M University
2-11 System or The University of Texas System.
2-12 Sec. 74.703. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board of regents may
2-13 accept and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
2-14 person or entity for the use and benefit of the campus extension,
2-15 including accepting and administering gifts and grants of land and
2-16 physical facilities.
2-17 Sec. 74.704. FACILITIES. (a) The physical facilities of
2-18 the campus extension used in teaching and research programs,
2-19 including libraries, auditoriums, research facilities, and health
2-20 education buildings, may be provided by a public or private entity.
2-21 The board of regents is authorized to lease the facilities that are
2-22 to be used as the physical facilities of the campus extension.
2-23 (b) A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board of
2-24 regents may be provided by a public or private entity. The
2-25 hospital may not be constructed, maintained, or operated with state
2-26 funds.
3-1 Sec. 74.705. COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION. The campus
3-2 extension is subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas
3-3 Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the
3-4 rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
3-5 SECTION 2. (a) Not later than August 31, 2000, the Texas
3-6 Higher Education Coordinating Board shall prepare an impact
3-7 statement examining the initial implementation of this Act and
3-8 shall deliver a copy of the statement to the board of regents of
3-9 The University of Texas System and to the chairs of the standing
3-10 committees of each house of the legislature with primary
3-11 jurisdiction over higher education.
3-12 (b) Not later than December 1, 1999, the board of regents of
3-13 The University of Texas System shall report to the Texas Higher
3-14 Education Coordinating Board if the conditions of Section 74.701,
3-15 Education Code, as added by this Act, relating to the provision of
3-16 land and an administrative building to the board of regents, have
3-17 been satisfied.
3-18 SECTION 3. The board of regents of The University of Texas
3-19 System is required to implement this Act only if the legislature
3-20 appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
3-21 legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
3-22 purpose, the board of regents of The University of Texas System
3-23 may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other
3-24 appropriations or private funds available for that purpose.
3-25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-26 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
4-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1288 passed the Senate on
May 4, 1999, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred in
House amendments on May 28, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1288 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 26, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor