By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 2054
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the mission of Texas Southern University.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 106.02, Education Code, is amended to read
 1-5     as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 106.02.  PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY. In addition to its
 1-7     designation as a statewide general purpose institution of higher
 1-8     education [providing other general academic and related programs],
 1-9     Texas Southern University is designated as a special purpose
1-10     institution of higher education for urban programming and shall
1-11     provide instruction, research, programs, and services as are
1-12     appropriate to this designation.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-16     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.