1-1     By:  Zaffirini                                        S.B. No. 1288
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 29, 1999,
 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
 1-5     April 29, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the establishment and operation of a campus extension
 1-9     of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 74, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-12     Subchapter M to read as follows:
1-13         SUBCHAPTER M.  UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT
1-14                        SAN ANTONIO CAMPUS EXTENSION
1-15           Sec. 74.701.  AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH CAMPUS EXTENSION.  The
1-16     board of regents of The University of Texas System shall establish
1-17     and operate a campus extension of The University of Texas Health
1-18     Science Center at San Antonio in the city of Laredo if:
1-19                 (1)  a public or private entity offers the board of
1-20     regents sufficient land in that city to construct a campus
1-21     extension; and
1-22                 (2)  public or private entities agree to provide funds
1-23     necessary to construct an administrative building for the campus
1-24     extension.
1-25           Sec. 74.702.  MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CAMPUS EXTENSION.
1-26     (a)  The board of regents may exercise any power granted to the
1-27     board under Subchapter D in establishing and operating the campus
1-28     extension.
1-29           (b)  The board of regents shall assign responsibility for
1-30     management of the campus extension to The University of Texas
1-31     Health Science Center at San Antonio.
1-32           (c)  The operating costs of the campus extension shall be
1-33     paid from the operating funds of The University of Texas Health
1-34     Science Center at San Antonio for that purpose and from available
1-35     funds from any public or private entity.
1-36           (d)  The campus extension may be used to provide
1-37     undergraduate and graduate medical and dental education, including
1-38     residency training programs, and other levels of health education
1-39     work in collaboration with Texas A&M International University or
1-40     any component institution of The Texas A&M University System or The
1-41     University of Texas System.
1-42           Sec. 74.703.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The board of regents may
1-43     accept and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
1-44     person or entity for the use and benefit of the campus extension.
1-45           Sec. 74.704.  FACILITIES.  (a)  The physical facilities of
1-46     the campus extension used in teaching and research programs,
1-47     including libraries, auditoriums, research facilities, and health
1-48     education buildings, may be provided by a public or private entity.
1-49     A physical facility may be constructed, maintained, or operated
1-50     with state money appropriated for that purpose.
1-51           (b)  A teaching hospital considered suitable by the board of
1-52     regents may be provided by a public or private entity.  The
1-53     hospital may not be constructed, maintained, or operated with state
1-54     funds.
1-55           Sec. 74.705.  COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION.  The campus
1-56     extension is subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas
1-57     Higher Education Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the
1-58     rules of the coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
1-59           SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2000, the Texas
1-60     Higher Education Coordinating Board shall prepare an impact
1-61     statement examining the initial implementation of this Act and
1-62     shall deliver a copy of the statement to the board of regents of
1-63     The University of Texas System and to the chairs of the standing
1-64     committees of each house of the legislature with primary
 2-1     jurisdiction over higher education.
 2-2           (b)  Not later than December 1, 1999, the board of regents of
 2-3     The University of Texas System shall report to the Texas Higher
 2-4     Education Coordinating Board if the conditions of Section 74.701,
 2-5     Education Code, as added by this Act, relating to the provision of
 2-6     land and an administrative building to the board of regents, have
 2-7     been satisfied.
 2-8           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-9           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
2-10     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-11     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-12     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-13     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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