77R10387 QS-D                           
         By Chavez, Jones of Lubbock,                          H.B. No. 2510
            Moreno of El Paso, Haggerty, Najera
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2510:
         By Rangel                                         C.S.H.B. No. 2510
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a diabetes research center at a
 1-3     regional academic health center of the Texas Tech University Health
 1-4     Sciences Center.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Chapter 110, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-7     Section 110.15 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 110.15.  TEXAS TECH DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER. (a)  In
 1-9     this section:
1-10                 (1)  "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas
1-11     Tech University System.
1-12                 (2)  "Center" means the Texas Tech Diabetes Research
1-13     Center.
1-14           (b)  The board shall establish the Texas Tech Diabetes
1-15     Research Center for purposes of researching issues related to:
1-16                 (1)  diabetes; and
1-17                 (2)  conditions associated with that disease.
1-18           (c)  The organization, control, and management of the center
1-19     are vested in the board.
1-20           (d)  The board shall approve the employment of personnel by
1-21     and the operating budget of the center.  An employee of the center
1-22     is an employee of the Texas Tech University System.
1-23           (e)  The board shall select a site for the center at the
1-24     regional academic health center of the Texas Tech University Health
 2-1     Sciences Center located in El Paso.
 2-2           (f)  The center may enter into an agreement or may cooperate
 2-3     with a public or private entity to perform the research functions
 2-4     of the center.
 2-5           (g)  The board may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and
 2-6     grants from any public or private source for the use and benefit of
 2-7     the center.
 2-8           SECTION 2.  The board of regents of the Texas Tech University
 2-9     System shall establish the Texas Tech Diabetes Research Center as
2-10     provided by Section 110.15, Education Code, as added by this Act,
2-11     not later than January 1, 2003.
2-12           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.