1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a diabetes research center at the
 1-3     Texas Tech University campus in El Paso.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 110, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Section 110.15 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 110.15.  TEXAS TECH DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER. (a)  In
 1-8     this section:
 1-9                 (1)  "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas
1-10     Tech University System.
1-11                 (2)  "Center" means the Texas Tech Diabetes Research
1-12     Center.
1-13           (b)  The board shall establish the Texas Tech Diabetes
1-14     Research Center for purposes of researching issues related to:
1-15                 (1)  diabetes; and
1-16                 (2)  conditions associated with that disease, including
1-17     acanthosis nigricans, as defined by Section 95.001, Health and
1-18     Safety Code.
1-19           (c)  The organization, control, and management of the center
1-20     are vested in the board.
1-21           (d)  The board shall approve the employment of personnel by
1-22     and the operating budget of the center.  An employee of the center
1-23     is an employee of the Texas Tech University System.
1-24           (e)  The board shall select a site for the center at the
 2-1     regional academic health center of the Texas Tech University Health
 2-2     Sciences Center located in El Paso.
 2-3           (f)  The center may enter into an agreement or may cooperate
 2-4     with a public or private entity to perform the research functions
 2-5     of the center.
 2-6           (g)  The board may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and
 2-7     grants from any public or private source for the use and benefit of
 2-8     the center.
 2-9           (h)  In conducting its activities under this section, the
2-10     center shall consult with the Texas-Mexico Border Health
2-11     Coordination Office of The University of Texas-Pan American that
2-12     administers an acanthosis nigricans screening program under Chapter
2-13     95, Health and Safety Code.
2-14           SECTION 2.  The board of regents of the Texas Tech University
2-15     System shall establish the Texas Tech Diabetes Research Center as
2-16     provided by Section 110.15, Education Code, as added by this Act,
2-17     not later than January 1, 2003.
2-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the House on May
         3, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
         No. 2510 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0,
         2 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2510 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 21, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor