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By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 108


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for Texas Southern University for campus facilities and infrastructure. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 55.17591 to read as follows: Sec. 55.17591. TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY; ADDITIONAL BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of Texas Southern University may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, or other facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for deferred maintenance of campus facilities and infrastructure, to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,560,000. (b) The board of regents may pledge irrevocably to the payment of the bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of Texas Southern University, including student tuition charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.