1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education
 1-3     Coordinating Board to conduct a feasibility study regarding the
 1-4     creation of a doctor of medicine degree program at Prairie View A&M
 1-5     University.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
 1-8     amended by adding Section 87.107 to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 87.107.   FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING CREATION OF DOCTOR
1-10     OF MEDICINE DEGREE PROGRAM. (a)  In this section, "institution of
1-11     higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
1-12           (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, with the
1-13     assistance of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University
1-14     System, may conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of an
1-15     affiliation or coordinating agreement between the board of regents
1-16     and any institution of higher education to provide the clinical
1-17     education necessary to support a doctor of medicine degree program
1-18     at Prairie View A&M University.
1-19           (c)  A study conducted under Subsection (b) must be completed
1-20     on or before December 31, 2002.
1-21           (d)  This section expires September 1, 2003.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-23     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 42 was passed by the House on March
         20, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 42 was passed by the Senate on May
         17, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor