1-1 By: Ritter, Deshotel (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen) H.B. No. 3699 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Education; May 10, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; 1-6 May 10, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3699 By: Truan 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the allocation of certain funds for institutions within 1-11 the Texas State University System. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, as amended by 1-14 Section 2, Chapter 1363, Section 1.03, Chapter 1467, and Section 1, 1-15 Chapter 1508, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, 1-16 is reenacted and amended to read as follows: 1-17 (a) Each fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to 1-18 receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from 1-19 funds appropriated by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas 1-20 Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute funds allocated 1-21 under this subsection only on presentation of a claim and issuance 1-22 of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, Government Code. 1-23 The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any funds allocated 1-24 under this subsection before the delivery of goods or services 1-25 described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, except 1-26 for the payment of principal or interest on bonds or notes or for a 1-27 payment for a book or other published library material as 1-28 authorized by Section 2155.386, Government Code. The allocation of 1-29 funds under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable 1-30 formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit, 1-31 facilities condition, institutional complexity, separate 1-32 allocations for medical units and the Texas State Technical College 1-33 System, and an additional allocation for Texas Southern University 1-34 for compliance with the Texas Desegregation Plan. The amounts 1-35 allocated by the formula are as follows: 1-36 $ 5,256,817 Texas A&M University--Commerce, including an 1-37 allocation of $1,027,070 to Texas A&M University--Texarkana; 1-38 $ 8,818,023 Lamar University, including an allocation of 1-39 $491,946 to Lamar Institute of Technology, an allocation of 1-40 $743,967 to Lamar University at Orange and an allocation of 1-41 $2,336,605 to Lamar University at Port Arthur; 1-42 $ 3,007,669 Midwestern State University; 1-43 $18,021,033 University of North Texas; 1-44 $ 7,131,692 The University of Texas--Pan American, including 1-45 an allocation of $1,050,580 to The University of Texas at 1-46 Brownsville; 1-47 $ 6,633,109 Stephen F. Austin State University; 1-48 $ 3,640,000 University of North Texas Health Science Center 1-49 at Fort Worth; 1-50 $26,132,524 Texas State University System Administration and 1-51 the following component institutions, including an allocation of 1-52 $3,887,211 to Angelo State University; an allocation of $5,864,608 1-53 to Sam Houston State University; an allocation of $14,479,112 to 1-54 Southwest Texas State University; an allocation of $1,635,271 to 1-55 Sul Ross State University; and an allocation of $266,322 to Sul 1-56 Ross State University-Rio Grande College; 1-57 $ 7,191,493 Texas Southern University (includes allocation of 1-58 $1,000,000 for compliance with Texas Desegregation Plan); 1-59 $20,961,881 Texas Tech University; 1-60 $ 7,735,000 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; 1-61 $ 6,974,897 Texas Woman's University; 1-62 $36,952,989 University of Houston System Administration and 1-63 the following component institutions, including an allocation of 1-64 $25,986,116 to the University of Houston; an allocation of 2-1 $1,659,449 to the University of Houston--Victoria; an allocation of 2-2 $3,853,447 to the University of Houston--Clear Lake; and an 2-3 allocation of $5,453,977 to the University of Houston--Downtown; 2-4 $12,692,873 The following components of The Texas A&M 2-5 University System, including an allocation of $3,687,722 to Texas 2-6 A&M University--Corpus Christi; an allocation of $1,778,155 to 2-7 Texas A&M International University; an allocation of $3,555,651 to 2-8 Texas A&M University--Kingsville; and an allocation of $3,671,345 2-9 to West Texas A&M University; and 2-10 $ 3,850,000 Texas State Technical College System 2-11 Administration and the following component campuses, but not its 2-12 extension centers or programs: Texas State Technical 2-13 College-Amarillo; Texas State Technical College-Harlingen; Texas 2-14 State Technical College-Sweetwater; Texas State Technical 2-15 College--Waco. 2-16 SECTION 2. Section 62.021(b), Education Code, is amended to 2-17 read as follows: 2-18 (b) Each governing board participating in the distribution 2-19 of funds as described in this section may expend the funds without 2-20 limitation either at the specified institution or subject to board 2-21 authorized transfer at other eligible member institutions including 2-22 a related system administration, and as the governing board may 2-23 decide in its sole discretion, for any and all purposes described 2-24 in Article VII, Section 17, of the Constitution of Texas; provided, 2-25 however, that for new construction, major repair and rehabilitation 2-26 projects, and land acquisition projects, those funds may not be 2-27 expended without the prior approval of the legislature or the 2-28 approval, review, or endorsement, as applicable, of the 2-29 coordinating board; and provided further that review and approval 2-30 of major repair and rehabilitation shall apply only to projects in 2-31 excess of $600,000. 2-32 SECTION 3. Section 96.703, Education Code, is amended to 2-33 read as follows: 2-34 Sec. 96.703. LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. (a) The board 2-35 shall establish and maintain an educational center of Lamar 2-36 University as a separate degree-granting institution to be known as 2-37 Lamar Institute of Technology. 2-38 (b) The primary purpose of the institute is to teach 2-39 technical and vocational courses and related supporting courses. 2-40 The board may confer degrees appropriate to the institute's 2-41 curriculum. 2-42 (c) For Lamar Institute of Technology, the board may expend 2-43 funds allocated to Lamar University under Chapter 62 for any of the 2-44 purposes listed in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, in 2-45 the same manner and under the same circumstances as expenditures 2-46 for those purposes for other separate degree-granting institutions. 2-47 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-48 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-49 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-50 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-51 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-52 * * * * *