By: Ogden S.B. No. 989
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the mission of Prairie View A&M University.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 87.104, Education Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 87.104. PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY. In addition to its
1-7 designation as a statewide general purpose institution of higher
1-8 education and its designation as a land-grant institution, Prairie
1-9 View A&M University is designated as a statewide special purpose
1-10 institution of higher education for instruction, research, and
1-11 public service programs [which are] dedicated to:
1-12 (1) enabling students [with latent aptitudes, talents,
1-13 and abilities and] of diverse economic, ethnic, and cultural
1-14 backgrounds to realize their full potential;
1-15 (2) assisting small and medium-sized communities to
1-16 achieve their optimal growth and development; and
1-17 (3) assisting small and medium-sized agricultural,
1-18 business, and industrial enterprises to manage their growth and
1-19 development effectively.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.