By Ogden                                               S.B. No. 989
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                                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 read
 1-5     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.