H.B. No. 1566




AN ACT

relating to lower-division and upper-division courses offered by 
Texas A&M University--Texarkana.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 87.571(a), (b), and (c), Education 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Texas A&M University--Texarkana is a coeducational 
[upper-level] institution of higher education located in the City 
of Texarkana.  The university is a component 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 has the same powers and duties concerning the 
university as are conferred on the board by law concerning Texas A&M 
University.  The[, except that the] university may [not] offer 
lower-division courses, but is not required to do so in any academic 
year for which the legislature does not appropriate money 
specifically for that purpose [freshman or sophomore programs].
	(c)  The university may offer lower-division courses on the 
campus of Texarkana College or in a permanent building located on 
property acquired by the university for a permanently relocated 
campus.  The university may not offer lower-division courses on the 
campus of Texarkana College without prior approval from Texarkana 
College [The university may enter into a partnership agreement with 
the Texarkana College District in the manner authorized by 
Subchapter N, Chapter 51].
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1566 was passed by the House on April 
10, 2003, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1566 on May 29, 2003, and requested 
the appointment of a conference committee to consider the 
differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the 
conference committee report on H.B. No. 1566 on June 1, 2003, by a 
non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1566 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference 
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and 
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. 
1566 on June 1, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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