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78R1344 KEL-D
By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 3063
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the evaluation by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board of requests by institutions of higher education
for special item appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) The board shall evaluate and rank each request for an
appropriation for a special item using criteria established by
board rule, including criteria related to whether the proposed item
would satisfy general board goals for higher education in this
state and whether the proposed item would satisfy a unique
institutional need that cannot be funded through other means. For
each criterion established by the board, the board shall use a range
of points to evaluate the degree to which a proposed special item
satisfies the criterion and shall rank all special items based on
the total points awarded to each special item under this
subsection. The board shall include the board's evaluation and
ranking of requested special item appropriations in the board's
summary and analysis presented to the governor and legislature
under Subsection (e) for use in prioritizing and making
appropriations under this section. In this subsection, "special
item" means a specific activity, program, or facility conducted or
operated by an institution of higher education for which the
institution requests state funding in the General Appropriations
Act from general revenue, other than formula funding.
SECTION 2. Section 61.059(e-1), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to legislative appropriations made for
fiscal years that begin on or after September 1, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.