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By: Morrison, et al. H.B. No. 3001
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation
to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the
allocation of those funds to those agencies and institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Each fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to
receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from
funds appropriated by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas
Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute funds allocated
under this subsection only on presentation of a claim and issuance
of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, Government Code.
The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any funds allocated
under this subsection before the delivery of goods or services
described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, except
for the payment of principal or interest on bonds or notes or for a
payment for a book or other published library material as
authorized by Section 2155.386, Government Code. The allocation of
funds under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable
formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit,
facilities condition, institutional complexity, and separate
allocations for medical units and the Texas State Technical College
System[, and an additional allocation for Texas Southern University
for compliance with the Texas Desegregation Plan]. The amounts
allocated by the formula are as follows:
(1) $3,007,669 to [$5,256,817 Texas A&M
University--Commerce, including an allocation of $1,027,070 to
Texas A&M University--Texarkana;
[$8,818,023 Lamar University, including an allocation of
$491,946 to Lamar Institute of Technology, an allocation of
$743,967 to Lamar University at Orange and an allocation of
$2,336,605 to Lamar University at Port Arthur;
[$3,007,669] Midwestern State University;
(2) $18,021,033 to the University of North Texas;
(3) $3,640,000 to the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth;
(4) $6,081,112 to [$7,131,692] The University of
Texas--Pan American;
(5) [, including an allocation of] $1,050,580 to The
University of Texas at Brownsville;
(6) $6,633,109 to Stephen F. Austin State University;
(7) to the following component institutions of the
[$3,640,000 University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort
Worth;
[$26,132,524] Texas State University System:
(A) $5,737,451 to Lamar University, including an
allocation of $491,946 to Lamar Institute of Technology;
(B) $743,967 to Lamar State College--Orange;
(C) $2,336,605 to Lamar State College--Port
Arthur;
(D) [Administration and the following component
institutions, including an allocation of] $3,887,211 to Angelo
State University;
(E) [an allocation of] $5,864,608 to Sam Houston
State University;
(F) [an allocation of] $14,479,112 to Texas State
University--San Marcos;
(G) [an allocation of] $1,635,271 to Sul Ross
State University; and
(H) [an allocation of] $266,322 to Sul Ross State
University-Rio Grande College;
(8) $7,191,493 to Texas Southern University
[(includes allocation of $1,000,000 for compliance with Texas
Desegregation Plan)];
(9) $20,961,881 to Texas Tech University;
(10) $7,735,000 to Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center;
(11) $6,974,897 to Texas Woman's University;
(12) to the following component institutions of the
[$36,952,989] University of Houston System:
(A) [Administration and the following component
institutions, including an allocation of] $25,986,116 to the
University of Houston;
(B) [an allocation of] $1,659,449 to the
University of Houston--Victoria;
(C) [an allocation of] $3,853,447 to the
University of Houston--Clear Lake; and
(D) [an allocation of] $5,453,977 to the
University of Houston--Downtown;
(13) to the [$12,692,873 The] following component
institutions [components] of The Texas A&M University System:
(A) [, including an allocation of] $3,687,722 to
Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi;
(B) [an allocation of] $1,778,155 to Texas A&M
International University;
(C) [an allocation of] $3,555,651 to Texas A&M
University--Kingsville; [and]
(D) [an allocation of] $3,671,345 to West Texas
A&M University;
(E) $4,229,747 to Texas A&M
University--Commerce; and
(F) $1,027,070 to Texas A&M
University--Texarkana; and
(14) $3,850,000 to the Texas State Technical College
System Administration and the following component campuses, but not
its extension centers or programs:
(A) Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;
(B) Texas State Technical College--Marshall;
(C) Texas State Technical College-Sweetwater;
and
(D) Texas State Technical College--Waco.
SECTION 2. Section 62.021(e), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The amounts allocated under Section 62.021,
Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply to each state fiscal
year beginning with the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
2005.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.