By Oliveira                                           H.B. No. 2344
         77R6606 JSA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the number of entering freshmen that may enroll at The
 1-3     University of Texas at Brownsville.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 78.07, Education Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 78.07.  LOWER-DIVISION ADMISSIONS. The board, with the
 1-8     concurrence of the board of trustees of the Southmost Union Junior
 1-9     College District, shall determine the number of entering freshmen
1-10     who may be enrolled at the university each academic year.  [In an
1-11     academic year preceding the 2005-2006 academic year, the number of
1-12     lower-division students enrolled may not exceed 900.]
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.