79R11786 KSD-D


By:  Miller, Hupp                                                 H.B. No. 495

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 495:                                    

By:  Goolsby                                                  C.S.H.B. No. 495



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general 
academic teaching institution.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.861, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as 
follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas may not operate as a general 
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Tarleton State 
University System Center--Central Texas in Killeen has reached an 
enrollment equivalent of 1,000 [2,500] full-time students for one 
semester.
	(e)  Notwithstanding any other law, Texas A&M 
University--Central Texas is not eligible to receive the small 
institution supplement under the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board's General Academic Instruction and Operations 
Formula during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 
2005.  This subsection expires September 1, 2007.
	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 September 1, 2005.