By Zaffirini                                          S.B. No. 1288
         76R9250 CAG-D                           
                                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
1-24     management of the campus extension to The University of Texas
 2-1     Health Science Center at San Antonio.
 2-2           (c)  The operating costs of the campus extension shall be
 2-3     paid from the operating funds of The University of Texas Health
 2-4     Science Center at San Antonio for that purpose and from available
 2-5     funds from any public or private entity.
 2-6           (d)  The campus extension may be used to provide
 2-7     undergraduate and graduate medical and dental education, including
 2-8     residency training programs, and other levels of health education
 2-9     work in collaboration with Texas A&M International University or
2-10     any component institution of The Texas A&M University System or The
2-11     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           Sec. 74.704.  FACILITIES.  (a)  The physical facilities of
2-16     the campus extension used in teaching and research programs,
2-17     including libraries, auditoriums, research facilities, and health
2-18     education buildings, may be provided by a public or private entity.
2-19     A physical facility may be constructed, maintained, or operated
2-20     with state money appropriated for that purpose.
2-21           (b)  A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board of
2-22     regents may be provided by a public or private entity.  The
2-23     hospital may not be constructed, maintained, or operated with state
2-24     funds.
2-25           Sec. 74.705.  COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION.  The campus
2-26     extension is subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas
2-27     Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the
 3-1     rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
 3-2           SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2000, the Texas
 3-3     Higher Education Coordinating Board shall prepare an impact
 3-4     statement examining the initial implementation of this Act and
 3-5     shall deliver a copy of the statement to the board of regents of
 3-6     The University of Texas System and to the chairs of the standing
 3-7     committees of each house of the legislature with primary
 3-8     jurisdiction over higher education.
 3-9           (b)  Not later than December 1, 1999, the board of regents of
3-10     The University of Texas System shall report to the Texas Higher
3-11     Education Coordinating Board if the conditions of Section 74.701,
3-12     Education Code, as added by this Act, relating to the provision of
3-13     land and an administrative building to the board of regents, have
3-14     been satisfied.
3-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-16           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
3-17     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-18     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-19     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-20     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.