By Duncan, et al.                                     S.B. No. 1546
         77R7971 QS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the establishment of a diabetes research center at the
 1-3     Texas Tech University campus in El Paso.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Chapter 109, Education Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Subchapter E to read as follows:
 1-7                SUBCHAPTER E.  TEXAS DIABETES RESEARCH CENTER
 1-8           Sec. 109.91.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
 1-9                 (1)  "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas
1-10     Tech University System.
1-11                 (2)  "Center" means the Texas Diabetes Research Center.
1-12           Sec. 109.92.  ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.  (a)  The board shall
1-13     establish the Texas Diabetes Research Center for purposes of
1-14     researching issues related to:
1-15                 (1)  diabetes; and
1-16                 (2)  conditions associated with that disease.
1-17           (b)  The organization, control, and management of the center
1-18     is vested in the board.
1-19           (c)  The board shall approve the employment of personnel by
1-20     and the operating budget of the center.  An employee of the center
1-21     is an employee of Texas Tech University.
1-22           Sec. 109.93.  LOCATION.  The board shall select a site for
1-23     the center at the El Paso campus of Texas Tech University.
1-24           Sec. 109.94.  RESEARCH AGREEMENTS.  The center may enter into
 2-1     an agreement or may cooperate with a public or private entity to
 2-2     perform the research functions of the center.
 2-3           Sec. 109.95.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The board may solicit,
 2-4     accept, and administer gifts and grants from any public or private
 2-5     source for the use and benefit of the center.
 2-6           Sec. 109.96.  COORDINATING BOARD SUPERVISION.  The center is
 2-7     subject to the continuing supervision of the Texas Higher Education
 2-8     Coordinating Board under Chapter 61 and to the rules of the
 2-9     coordinating board adopted under Chapter 61.
2-10           SECTION 2.  The board of regents of the Texas Tech University
2-11     System shall establish the Texas Diabetes Research Center as
2-12     provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 109, Education Code, as added by
2-13     this Act, not later than January 1, 2003.
2-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.