By:  West                                             S.B. No. 1419
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the statute of limitations in certain civil proceedings
 1-3     involving the public institutions of higher education or the Texas
 1-4     Higher Education Coordinating Board.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code, is
 1-7     amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
 1-8           (i)  A right of action of a public institution of higher
 1-9     education or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is not
1-10     barred by this section.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it is
1-12     enacted, as required by Section 39, Article III, Texas
1-13     Constitution, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
1-14     each house.  If this Act does not receive the votes required for
1-15     immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.