1-1 By: Ogden S.B. No. 989
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2001; March 1, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 15, 2001,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
1-5 March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the mission of Prairie View A&M University.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 87.104, Education Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 87.104. PURPOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY. In addition to its
1-13 designation as a statewide general purpose institution of higher
1-14 education and its designation as a land-grant institution, Prairie
1-15 View A&M University is designated as a statewide special purpose
1-16 institution of higher education for instruction, research, and
1-17 public service programs [which are] dedicated to:
1-18 (1) enabling students [with latent aptitudes, talents,
1-19 and abilities and] of diverse economic, ethnic, and cultural
1-20 backgrounds to realize their full potential;
1-21 (2) assisting small and medium-sized communities to
1-22 achieve their optimal growth and development; and
1-23 (3) assisting small and medium-sized agricultural,
1-24 business, and industrial enterprises to manage their growth and
1-25 development effectively.
1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-29 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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