78R1857 JRJ-D
By: Telford H.B. No. 1566
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to lower-division and upper-division courses at Texas A&M
University--Texarkana.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 87.571(a) and (b), 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].
SECTION 2. Section 87.571(c), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.