By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 940


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of the Reynaldo G. Garza School of Law 
at the University of Texas at Brownsville.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 78, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Section 78.10 to read as follows:
	Sec. 78.10  THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE REYNALDO 
G. GARZA SCHOOL OF LAW.  (a)  The board shall establish and operate 
a school of law as a professional school of The University of Texas 
at Brownsville.  The law school shall be named the Reynaldo G. Garza 
School of Law and shall be located in Cameron County.
	(b)  In administering the law school, the board may prescribe 
courses leading to customary degrees offered at other leading 
American schools of law and may award those degrees.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than June 1, 2006, the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board shall prepare a feasibility study to 
assist the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System in 
establishing the law school as provided by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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.