By West                                               S.B. No. 1013
         77R8153 JSA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to funding to enable Prairie View A&M University to
 1-3     qualify for agricultural research, extension, and education
 1-4     matching funds, including federal agricultural research and
 1-5     extension formula funds.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Education Code, is
 1-8     amended by adding Section 87.107 to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 87.107.  STATE FUNDING TO MATCH FEDERAL FORMULA FUNDS
1-10     FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION OR OTHER NONSTATE FUNDS.
1-11     (a)  For each state fiscal year, the legislature shall appropriate
1-12     for agricultural research and extension programs at Prairie View
1-13     A&M University from the general revenue fund or other available
1-14     sources an amount equal to the amount of nonfederal matching funds
1-15     required in that fiscal year to enable those programs to meet the
1-16     matching fund requirement to receive the maximum amount of federal
1-17     formula funds available under Section 1449(c), National
1-18     Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
1-19     (7 U.S.C. Section 3222d).
1-20           (b)  For each state fiscal year, the legislature shall
1-21     appropriate from the general revenue fund or other available
1-22     sources an additional amount equal to 10 percent of the amount
1-23     described by Subsection (a) to the university for agricultural
1-24     research, extension, education, or other qualifying activities that
 2-1     enable the programs conducting those activities to qualify for
 2-2     additional federal funds that become available under Section
 2-3     1449(f), National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
 2-4     Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. Section 3222d), or for matching
 2-5     agricultural research, extension, or education funds from any other
 2-6     federal program or from any source not funded from revenue of this
 2-7     state.
 2-8           (c)  The portion of an appropriation made under Subsection
 2-9     (a) or (b) not used or obligated in the applicable fiscal year to
2-10     obtain or qualify for matching funds under Subsection (a) or (b)
2-11     lapses at the end of the fiscal year.
2-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.