79S30063 JRJ-D

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  Section 87.303, Education Code, is repealed.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.