Amend SB 800 as follows:                                                     
	(1)  Insert a new caption to read as follows:                                  

relating to the establishment of Texas A&M University--San Antonio 
and Texas A&M University--Central Texas.
	(2)  Insert a new SECTION 2 to read as follows and renumber 
the existing sections appropriately:
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Subchapter L to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER L.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--CENTRAL TEXAS
	Sec. 87.861.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--CENTRAL 
TEXAS.  (a)  Texas A&M University--Central Texas is a general 
academic teaching institution located in Bell County.  The 
university is a component institution of The Texas A&M University 
System and is under the management and control of the board of 
regents of The Texas A&M University System.
	(b)  The board may prescribe courses leading to such 
customary degrees as are offered at leading American universities 
and may award those degrees.  Those degrees may include 
baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees in all fields of 
study, including professional degrees.  No department, school, or 
degree program may be instituted except with the prior approval of 
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

	(c)  The board also has the same powers and duties concerning 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas as are conferred on the board 
by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas may not operate as a general 
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Tarleton State 
University System Center--Central Texas in Killeen has reached an 
enrollment equivalent of 2,500 full-time students for one semester.
	(3)  Amend SECTION 2 of the committee report on line 39 after 
"Bexar County" and before "." by inserting the following:  "or Bell 
County".
	(4)  Amend SECTION 3 of the committee report on line 43 by 
striking "institution" and inserting "institutions," and by 
striking "is" and inserting "are".
	(5)  Insert a new SECTION 4 to read as follows and renumber 
the existing sections appropriately:
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter J, Education Code is repealed.                          
	(6)  Insert a new SECTION 5 to read as follows and renumber 
the existing sections appropriately:
	SECTION 5.  It is the intent of the legislature that the 
board of regents of The Texas A&M University System consult with 
existing general academic teaching institutions and community 
colleges in the Central Texas area as well as local governments and 
community leaders prior to a decision by the board to offer 
lower-division courses at Texas A&M University--Central Texas.