By Zaffirini                                          S.B. No. 1288
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1288:
         By Cuellar                                        C.S.S.B. No. 1288
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment and operation of a campus extension
 1-3     of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 74, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subchapter M to read as follows:
 1-7         SUBCHAPTER M.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT
 1-8                        SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS EXTENSION
 1-9           Sec. 74.701.  AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH CAMPUS EXTENSION.  The
1-10     board of regents of The University of Texas System shall establish
1-11     and operate a campus extension of The University of Texas Health
1-12     Science Center at San Antonio in the city of Laredo if:
1-13                 (1)  a public or private entity offers the board of
1-14     regents sufficient land in that city to construct a campus
1-15     extension; and
1-16                 (2)  public or private entities agree to provide funds
1-17     necessary to construct an administrative building for the campus
1-18     extension.
1-19           Sec. 74.702.  MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CAMPUS EXTENSION.
1-20     (a)  The board of regents may exercise any power granted to the
1-21     board under Subchapter D in establishing and operating the campus
1-22     extension.
1-23           (b)  The board of regents shall assign responsibility for
 2-1     management of the campus extension to The University of Texas
 2-2     Health Science Center at San Antonio.
 2-3           (c)  The operating costs of the campus extension shall be
 2-4     paid from the operating funds of The University of Texas Health
 2-5     Science Center at San Antonio for that purpose and from available
 2-6     funds from any public or private entity.
 2-7           (d)  The campus extension may be used to provide
 2-8     undergraduate and graduate medical and dental education, including
 2-9     residency training programs, and other levels of health education
2-10     work in collaboration with Texas A&M International University or
2-11     any component institution of The Texas A&M University System or The
2-12     University of Texas System.
2-13           Sec. 74.703.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The board of regents may
2-14     accept and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
2-15     person or entity for the use and benefit of the campus extension,
2-16     including accepting and administering gifts and grants of land and
2-17     physical facilities.
2-18           Sec. 74.704.  FACILITIES.  (a)  The physical facilities of
2-19     the campus extension used in teaching and research programs,
2-20     including libraries, auditoriums, research facilities, and health
2-21     education buildings, may be provided by a public or private entity.
2-22     The board of regents is authorized to lease the facilities that are
2-23     to be used as the physical facilities of the campus extension.
2-24           (b)  A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board of
2-25     regents may be provided by a public or private entity.  The
2-26     hospital may not be constructed, maintained, or operated with state
2-27     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 January 1, 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
3-27     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 4-1     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 4-2     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 4-3     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.