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By:  Luna                                                         H.B. No. 154


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. (a) The purpose of this Act is to transfer the administration of the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy from Texas A&M University--Kingsville to The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. (b) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall provide for the transfer of any property or personnel between institutions of the system as the board considers appropriate to effectuate the transfer of the school of pharmacy. (c) The board may provide that any bonds authorized or issued before the effective date of this Act for the benefit of the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy as a component institution of Texas A&M University--Kingsville become the obligation of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. SECTION 2. Chapter 86, Education Code, is amended by adding Subchapter H to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER H. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IRMA RANGEL SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
Sec. 86.991. IRMA RANGEL SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. (a) The board may maintain a school of pharmacy in Kleberg County as a component of The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. (b) The school shall be known as the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy, and the primary building in which the school is operated must include "Irma Rangel" in its official name. Sec. 86.992. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board may prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and may award those degrees. SECTION 3. Section 87.303, Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2006.