By Bivins S.B. No. 386
77R4366 JSA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eliminating obsolete references to the Amarillo campus
1-3 of the Texas State Technical College System.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:
1-8 (1) a system office located in the city of Waco in
1-9 McLennan County;
1-10 (2) [a campus located in the city of Amarillo in
1-11 Potter County;]
1-12 [(3)] a campus located in the city of Harlingen in
1-13 Cameron County;
1-14 (3) [(4)] a campus located in the city of Sweetwater
1-15 in Nolan County;
1-16 (4) [(5)] a campus located in the city of Marshall in
1-17 Harrison County;
1-18 (5) [(6)] a campus located in the city of Waco in
1-19 McLennan County;
1-20 (6) [(7)] extension centers in the city of Brownwood
1-21 in Brown County and the city of Abilene in Taylor County and an
1-22 extension program offered through a rural technology center in the
1-23 city of Breckenridge in Stephens County; and
1-24 (7) [(8)] other campuses assigned to the system from
2-1 time to time by specific legislative Act.
2-2 SECTION 2. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, as amended by
2-3 Section 2, Chapter 1363, Section 1.03, Chapter 1467, and Section 1,
2-4 Chapter 1508, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
2-5 is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
2-6 (a) Each fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to
2-7 receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from
2-8 funds appropriated by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas
2-9 Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute funds allocated
2-10 under this subsection only on presentation of a claim and issuance
2-11 of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, Government Code.
2-12 The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any funds allocated
2-13 under this subsection before the delivery of goods or services
2-14 described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, except
2-15 for the payment of principal or interest on bonds or notes or for a
2-16 payment for a book or other published library material as
2-17 authorized by Section 2155.386, Government Code. The allocation of
2-18 funds under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable
2-19 formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit,
2-20 facilities condition, institutional complexity, separate
2-21 allocations for medical units and the Texas State Technical College
2-22 System, and an additional allocation for Texas Southern University
2-23 for compliance with the Texas Desegregation Plan. The amounts
2-24 allocated by the formula are as follows:
2-25 $ 5,256,817 Texas A&M University--Commerce, including an
2-26 allocation of $1,027,070 to Texas A&M University--Texarkana;
2-27 $ 8,818,023 Lamar University, including an allocation of
3-1 $743,967 to Lamar University at Orange and an allocation of
3-2 $2,336,605 to Lamar University at Port Arthur;
3-3 $ 3,007,669 Midwestern State University;
3-4 $18,021,033 University of North Texas;
3-5 $ 7,131,692 The University of Texas--Pan American, including
3-6 an allocation of $1,050,580 to The University of Texas at
3-7 Brownsville;
3-8 $ 6,633,109 Stephen F. Austin State University;
3-9 $ 3,640,000 University of North Texas Health Science Center
3-10 at Fort Worth;
3-11 $26,132,524 Texas State University System Administration and
3-12 the following component institutions, including an allocation of
3-13 $3,887,211 to Angelo State University; an allocation of $5,864,608
3-14 to Sam Houston State University; an allocation of $14,479,112 to
3-15 Southwest Texas State University; an allocation of $1,635,271 to
3-16 Sul Ross State University; and an allocation of $266,322 to Sul
3-17 Ross State University-Rio Grande College;
3-18 $ 7,191,493 Texas Southern University (includes allocation of
3-19 $1,000,000 for compliance with Texas Desegregation Plan);
3-20 $20,961,881 Texas Tech University;
3-21 $ 7,735,000 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;
3-22 $ 6,974,897 Texas Woman's University;
3-23 $36,952,989 University of Houston System Administration and
3-24 the following component institutions, including an allocation of
3-25 $25,986,116 to the University of Houston; an allocation of
3-26 $1,659,449 to the University of Houston--Victoria; an allocation
3-27 of $3,853,447 to the University of Houston--Clear Lake; and an
4-1 allocation of $5,453,977 to the University of Houston--Downtown;
4-2 $12,692,873 The following components of The Texas A&M
4-3 University System, including an allocation of $3,687,722 to Texas
4-4 A&M University--Corpus Christi; an allocation of $1,778,155 to
4-5 Texas A&M International University; an allocation of $3,555,651 to
4-6 Texas A&M University--Kingsville; and an allocation of $3,671,345
4-7 to West Texas A&M University; and
4-8 $ 3,850,000 Texas State Technical College System
4-9 Administration and the following component campuses, but not its
4-10 extension centers or programs: [Texas State Technical
4-11 College-Amarillo;] Texas State Technical College-Harlingen; Texas
4-12 State Technical College-Sweetwater; Texas State Technical
4-13 College--Waco.
4-14 SECTION 3. Section 572.003(c), Government Code, is amended to
4-15 read as follows:
4-16 (c) The term means a member of:
4-17 (1) the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
4-18 (2) the Texas Department of Commerce;
4-19 (3) the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
4-20 Commission;
4-21 (4) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
4-22 (5) The Finance Commission of Texas;
4-23 (6) the General Services Commission;
4-24 (7) the Texas Board of Criminal Justice;
4-25 (8) the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement
4-26 System of Texas;
4-27 (9) the Texas Transportation Commission;
5-1 (10) the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission;
5-2 (11) the State Board of Insurance;
5-3 (12) the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
5-4 (13) the Public Safety Commission;
5-5 (14) the Texas Ethics Commission;
5-6 (15) the State Securities Board;
5-7 (16) the Texas Water Development Board;
5-8 (17) the governing board of a public senior college or
5-9 university as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or of The
5-10 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, The
5-11 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, The University of
5-12 Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas
5-13 Health Science Center at San Antonio, The University of Texas
5-14 System Cancer Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center
5-15 at Tyler, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort
5-16 Worth, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, [Texas State
5-17 Technical College--Amarillo,] Texas State Technical
5-18 College--Harlingen, Texas State Technical College--Sweetwater, or
5-19 Texas State Technical College--Waco;
5-20 (18) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
5-21 (19) the Texas Employment Commission;
5-22 (20) the State Banking Board;
5-23 (21) the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement
5-24 System of Texas;
5-25 (22) the Credit Union Commission;
5-26 (23) the School Land Board;
5-27 (24) the board of the Texas Department of Housing and
6-1 Community Affairs;
6-2 (25) the Texas Racing Commission;
6-3 (26) the State Board of Dental Examiners;
6-4 (27) the Texas Board of Licensure for Nursing Home
6-5 Administrators;
6-6 (28) the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners;
6-7 (29) the Board of Pardons and Paroles;
6-8 (30) the State Board of Pharmacy;
6-9 (31) the Department of Information Resources governing
6-10 board;
6-11 (32) the Motor Vehicle Board;
6-12 (33) the Texas Real Estate Commission;
6-13 (34) the board of directors of the State Bar of Texas;
6-14 (35) the bond review board;
6-15 (36) the Texas Board of Health;
6-16 (37) the Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental
6-17 Retardation;
6-18 (38) the Texas Board on Aging;
6-19 (39) the Texas Board of Human Services;
6-20 (40) the Texas Funeral Service Commission;
6-21 (41) the board of directors of a river authority
6-22 created under the Texas Constitution or a statute of this state; or
6-23 (42) the Texas Lottery Commission.
6-24 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
6-25 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
6-26 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
6-27 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
7-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.