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  Section 87.571(c), Education Code, is repealed.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.