By:  Morrison                                                     H.B. No. 4  



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to automatic admission to an institution of higher 
education.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A general academic teaching institution is not required 
to fill more than 50 percent of the institution's total number of 
spaces available for first-time resident undergraduate students at 
the institution through the admission of applicants under 
Subsection (a).  If the number of applications for admission under 
Subsection (a) received by the institution exceeds 50 percent of 
the total number of spaces available for first-time resident 
undergraduate students at the institution, the institution may give 
automatic admission as provided by this section to those applicants 
until 50 percent of the institution's total number of spaces 
available for first-time resident undergraduate students are 
filled.  The institution shall consider the factors listed in 
Section 51.805 to determine which of the remaining applicants under 
Subsection (a) the institution will admit.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.