1-1     By:  Oliveira (Senate Sponsor - Lucio)                H.B. No. 2344
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2001;
 1-3     April 26, 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 number of entering freshmen that may enroll at The
 1-9     University of Texas at Brownsville.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 78.07, Education Code, is amended to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           Sec. 78.07.  LOWER-DIVISION ADMISSIONS. The board, with the
1-14     concurrence of the board of trustees of the Southmost Union Junior
1-15     College District, shall determine the number of entering freshmen
1-16     who may be enrolled at the university each academic year.  [In an
1-17     academic year preceding the 2005-2006 academic year, the number of
1-18     lower-division students enrolled may not exceed 900.]
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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