By McClendon H.B. No. 3469 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to establishing a medical school at Prairie View A & M 1-3 University. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. The board of regents of the Texas A & M University 1-6 System shall establish and maintain the Prairie View A & M Medical 1-7 School. The board may provide for the training and teaching of 1-8 medical students, medical technicians and other technicians in the 1-9 practice of medicine. 1-10 SECTION 2. The board may prescribe courses leading to 1-11 customary degrees offered in other leading American medical 1-12 schools, may award the degrees, and may make other rules and 1-13 regulations for the operation, control and management of the 1-14 school, including the determination of the number of students that 1-15 shall be admitted to any degree-granting program, that are 1-16 necessary for the conduct of a professional school of the first 1-17 class. 1-18 SECTION 3. The board may execute and carry out with any 1-19 entity or institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that 1-20 are reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation 1-21 of a professional school of the first class; and the board may make 1-22 joint appointments in other institutions under its governance. The 1-23 salary of any person who receives a joint appointment shall be 2-1 apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services 2-2 rendered. 2-3 SECTION 4. The board may accept and administer, on terms and 2-4 conditions satisfactory to it, grants or gifts of property, 2-5 including real estate and money, that may be tendered to it in aid 2-6 of the planning, establishment, conduct, and operation of the 2-7 school and in aid of research and teaching at the school. The 2-8 board may accept from the federal government or any foundation, 2-9 trust fund, corporation, or individual donations, gifts and grants, 2-10 including real estate, buildings, libraries, laboratories, 2-11 apparatus, equipment, records, or money, for the use and benefit of 2-12 the school. 2-13 SECTION 5. The Prairie View A & M Medical School account is a 2-14 separate account in the general revenue fund. Money in the account 2-15 may be used only to establish and maintain the Prairie View A & M 2-16 Medical School. 2-17 SECTION 6. The Public Utilities Commission of Texas shall 2-18 determine whether a local exchange company is imposing switched 2-19 access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis that 2-20 are in excess of the rates allowed for recovery of switched access 2-21 revenue. If the Public Utilities Commission of Texas makes that 2-22 determination, the local exchange company shall deposit an amount 2-23 equal to the excess amount into the Prairie View A & M Medical 2-24 School account. 2-25 SECTION 7. This Act is effective on September 1, 2001.