By Madla                                              S.B. No. 1482
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to establishing Texas A&M University at San Antonio,
 1-3     including a school of law.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subchapter K to read as follows:
 1-7             SUBCHAPTER K.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT SAN ANTONIO
 1-8           Sec. 87.841.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT SAN ANTONIO. (a)  The
 1-9     board of regents shall convert the Texas A&M University--Kingsville
1-10     System Center at Palo Alto into a university to be known as Texas
1-11     A&M University at San Antonio.
1-12           (b)  The university is a component of The Texas A&M
1-13     University System.
1-14           (c)  The board has the same powers and duties concerning
1-15     Texas A&M University at San Antonio as are conferred on it by
1-16     statute concerning Texas A&M University.
1-17           Sec. 87.842.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AT SAN
1-18     ANTONIO. On approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
1-19     Board, the board of regents shall establish and maintain at the
1-20     university a school of law to be known as Texas A&M University
1-21     School of Law at San Antonio.
1-22           Sec. 87.843.  COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES. (a)  The board of
1-23     regents, with the approval of the Texas Higher Education
1-24     Coordinating Board, may prescribe courses leading to customary
 2-1     degrees as are offered at leading American universities and may
 2-2     award those degrees, including baccalaureate, master's, and
 2-3     doctoral degrees and their equivalents.
 2-4           (b)  A new department, school, or degree program may not be
 2-5     instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education
 2-6     Coordinating Board.
 2-7           (c)  The board shall adopt other rules for the operation,
 2-8     control, and management of the university as may be necessary for
 2-9     the conduct of the university as one of the first class.
2-10           Sec. 87.844.  AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. (a)
2-11     The board of regents may execute and carry out with any entity or
2-12     institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are
2-13     reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of
2-14     a university of the first class.
2-15           (b)  The board may make joint appointments in Texas A&M
2-16     University at San Antonio and in other institutions under the
2-17     board's governance.  The salary of a person who receives a joint
2-18     appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on
2-19     the basis of services rendered.
2-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.