By Ritter, Deshotel H.B. No. 3699
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the allocation of certain funds for institutions within
1-3 the Texas State University System.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, as amended by
1-6 Section 2, Chapter 1363, Section 1.03, Chapter 1467, and Section 1,
1-7 Chapter 1508, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-8 is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
1-9 (a) Each fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to
1-10 receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from
1-11 funds appropriated by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas
1-12 Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute funds allocated
1-13 under this subsection only on presentation of a claim and issuance
1-14 of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, Government Code.
1-15 The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any funds allocated
1-16 under this subsection before the delivery of goods or services
1-17 described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, except
1-18 for the payment of principal or interest on bonds or notes or for a
1-19 payment for a book or other published library material as
1-20 authorized by Section 2155.386, Government Code. The allocation of
1-21 funds under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable
1-22 formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit,
1-23 facilities condition, institutional complexity, separate
1-24 allocations for medical units and the Texas State Technical College
2-1 System, and an additional allocation for Texas Southern University
2-2 for compliance with the Texas Desegregation Plan. The amounts
2-3 allocated by the formula are as follows:
2-4 $ 5,256,817 Texas A&M University--Commerce, including an
2-5 allocation of $1,027,070 to Texas A&M University--Texarkana;
2-6 $ 8,818,023 Lamar University, including an allocation of
2-7 $491,946 to Lamar Institute of Technology, an allocation of
2-8 $743,967 to Lamar University at Orange and an allocation of
2-9 $2,336,605 to Lamar University at Port Arthur;
2-10 $ 3,007,669 Midwestern State University;
2-11 $18,021,033 University of North Texas;
2-12 $ 7,131,692 The University of Texas--Pan American, including
2-13 an allocation of $1,050,580 to The University of Texas at
2-14 Brownsville;
2-15 $ 6,633,109 Stephen F. Austin State University;
2-16 $ 3,640,000 University of North Texas Health Science Center
2-17 at Fort Worth;
2-18 $26,132,524 Texas State University System Administration and
2-19 the following component institutions, including an allocation of
2-20 $3,887,211 to Angelo State University; an allocation of $5,864,608
2-21 to Sam Houston State University; an allocation of $14,479,112 to
2-22 Southwest Texas State University; an allocation of $1,635,271 to
2-23 Sul Ross State University; and an allocation of $266,322 to Sul
2-24 Ross State University-Rio Grande College;
2-25 $ 7,191,493 Texas Southern University (includes allocation of
2-26 $1,000,000 for compliance with Texas Desegregation Plan);
2-27 $20,961,881 Texas Tech University;
3-1 $ 7,735,000 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;
3-2 $ 6,974,897 Texas Woman's University;
3-3 $36,952,989 University of Houston System Administration and
3-4 the following component institutions, including an allocation of
3-5 $25,986,116 to the University of Houston; an allocation of
3-6 $1,659,449 to the University of Houston--Victoria; an allocation
3-7 of $3,853,447 to the University of Houston--Clear Lake; and an
3-8 allocation of $5,453,977 to the University of Houston--Downtown;
3-9 $12,692,873 The following components of The Texas A&M
3-10 University System, including an allocation of $3,687,722 to Texas
3-11 A&M University--Corpus Christi; an allocation of $1,778,155 to
3-12 Texas A&M International University; an allocation of $3,555,651 to
3-13 Texas A&M University--Kingsville; and an allocation of $3,671,345
3-14 to West Texas A&M University; and
3-15 $ 3,850,000 Texas State Technical College System
3-16 Administration and the following component campuses, but not its
3-17 extension centers or programs: Texas State Technical
3-18 College-Amarillo; Texas State Technical College-Harlingen; Texas
3-19 State Technical College-Sweetwater; Texas State Technical
3-20 College--Waco.
3-21 SECTION 2. Section 62.021(b), Education Code, is amended to
3-22 read as follows:
3-23 (b) Each governing board participating in the distribution
3-24 of funds as described in this section may expend the funds without
3-25 limitation either at the specified institution or subject to board
3-26 authorized transfer at other eligible member institutions, and as
3-27 the governing board may decide in its sole discretion, for any and
4-1 all purposes described in Article VII, Section 17, of the
4-2 Constitution of Texas; provided, however, that for new
4-3 construction, major repair and rehabilitation projects, and land
4-4 acquisition projects, those funds may not be expended without the
4-5 prior approval of the legislature or the approval, review, or
4-6 endorsement, as applicable, of the coordinating board; and provided
4-7 further that review and approval of major repair and rehabilitation
4-8 shall apply only to projects in excess of $600,000.
4-9 SECTION 3. Section 96.703, Education Code, is amended to
4-10 read as follows:
4-11 Sec. 96.703. LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. (a) The board
4-12 shall establish and maintain an educational center of Lamar
4-13 University as a separate degree-granting institution to be known as
4-14 Lamar Institute of Technology.
4-15 (b) The primary purpose of the institute is to teach
4-16 technical and vocational courses and related supporting courses.
4-17 The board may confer degrees appropriate to the institute's
4-18 curriculum.
4-19 (c) For Lamar Institute of Technology, the board may expend
4-20 funds allocated to Lamar University under Chapter 62 for any of the
4-21 purposes listed in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, in
4-22 the same manner and under the same circumstances as expenditures
4-23 for those purposes for other separate degree-granting institutions.
4-24 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
4-25 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
4-26 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
4-27 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
5-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.