1-1     By:  Rangel (Senate Sponsor - Truan)                  H.B. No. 1640
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2001;
 1-3     May 2, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Education; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy at Texas A&M
 1-9     University--Kingsville.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 87.303 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 87.303.  SCHOOL OF PHARMACY.  (a)  The board of regents
1-14     of The Texas A&M University System may establish and maintain a
1-15     school of pharmacy as a professional school of Texas A&M
1-16     University--Kingsville.
1-17           (b)  The board may prescribe courses leading to customary
1-18     degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and
1-19     may award those degrees.
1-20           SECTION 2.  Not later than August 31, 2002, the Texas Higher
1-21     Education Coordinating Board shall prepare an impact statement
1-22     examining the initial implementation of this Act and shall deliver
1-23     a copy of the statement to the board of regents of The Texas A&M
1-24     University System and to the chair of the standing committee of
1-25     each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over higher
1-26     education.
1-27           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-28     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-29     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-30     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-31     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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