Amend CSSB 1652 by adding the following appropriately
numbered ARTICLE and by renumbering existing ARTICLES accordingly:
ARTICLE _____. ESTABLISHMENT OF RIO GRANDE STATE UNIVERSITY
SECTION _____. Section 96.01, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 96.01. SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY. Sul Ross State
University is a coeducational institution of higher education
located in the city of Alpine [, with an upper-level educational
center known as Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College
operated in the cities of Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde]. The
university is under the management and control of the Board of
Regents of the [,] Texas State University System.
SECTION _____. Chapter 96, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter A-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER A-1. RIO GRANDE STATE UNIVERSITY
Sec. 96.11. RIO GRANDE STATE UNIVERSITY. Rio Grande State
University is a coeducational institution of higher education
located in the cities of Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and Uvalde. The
university is under the management and control of the Board of
Regents of the Texas State University System.
Sec. 96.12. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSITY. The board of
regents shall establish the university as soon as practicable.
(b) The property, facilities, faculty, and staff of Sul Ross
State University Rio Grande College are transferred to Rio Grande
State University on the date prescribed by the board of regents for
the initial operation of the university.
SECTION _____. Section 96.02, Education Code, is repealed.