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Amend CSSB 286 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION and renumbering the other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 61.313, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read 
as follows:
	(e)  This section does not apply to a person who on September 
1, 1997, used the term "college" or "university" in the official 
name or title of a private postsecondary educational institution 
that was established before September 1, 1975.  A person covered by 
this subsection is not required to remove the term "college" or 
"university" from the name or title of the institution established 
before September 1, 1975.
	(f)  A person covered by Subsection (e) [this subsection] may 
use the term "college" in the official name or title of another 
private postsecondary educational institution in this state if:
		(1)  the person's business name on September 1, 1995, 
included the term "college"; and
		(2)  the other institution offers the same or similar 
educational programs and is located in the same county as the 
institution established before September 1, 1975.
	(g)  A person covered by Subsection (e) may use the term 
"college" in the official name or title of another private 
postsecondary educational institution in this state if:
		(1)  the person operated at least four private 
postsecondary educational institutions in this state on September 
1, 1985, for which the person was permitted to use the term 
"college" in the official name or title; and
		(2)  the other institution offers the same or similar 
educational programs as the institutions described by Subdivision 
(1) and has enrolled students in educational programs continuously 
since before September 1, 1995.