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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