79R9628 KEL-D

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 1695


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, 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) $4,112,236 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) $31,180,450 to the [$18,021,033] University of North Texas; (3) $6,717,017 to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; (4) $11,505,328 to [$7,131,692] The University of Texas--Pan American; (5) $3,453,012[, including an allocation of $1,050,580] to The University of Texas at Brownsville; (6) $7,607,313 to [$6,633,109] 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) $10,443,051 to Lamar University; (B) $905,131 to Lamar State College--Orange; (C) $1,864,056 to Lamar State College--Port Arthur; (D) $3,929,909 [Administration and the following component institutions, including an allocation of $3,887,211] to Angelo State University; (E) $10,545,836 [an allocation of $5,864,608] to Sam Houston State University; (F) $20,191,618 [an allocation of $14,479,112] to Texas State University--San Marcos; (G) $1,722,524 [an allocation of $1,635,271] to Sul Ross State University; and (H) $452,542 [an allocation of $266,322] to Sul Ross State University-Rio Grande College; (8) $11,187,512 to [$7,191,493] Texas Southern University (includes an allocation of $1,000,000 for compliance with Texas Desegregation Plan); (9) $29,378,789 to [$20,961,881] Texas Tech University; (10) $14,839,285 to [$7,735,000] Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; (11) $7,985,815 to [$6,974,897] Texas Woman's University; (12) to the following component institutions of the [$36,952,989] University of Houston System: (A) $37,372,490 [Administration and the following component institutions, including an allocation of $25,986,116] to the University of Houston; (B) $2,304,077 [an allocation of $1,659,449] to the University of Houston--Victoria; (C) $5,603,093 [an allocation of $3,853,447] to the University of Houston--Clear Lake; and (D) $7,946,559 [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) $5,940,127[, including an allocation of $3,687,722] to Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi; (B) $2,423,817 [an allocation of $1,778,155] to Texas A&M International University; (C) $5,103,365 [an allocation of $3,555,651] to Texas A&M University--Kingsville; [and] (D) $4,855,578 [an allocation of $3,671,345] to West Texas A&M University; (E) $5,647,702 to Texas A&M University--Commerce; and (F) $1,506,768 to Texas A&M University--Texarkana; and (14) $5,775,000 to the [$3,850,000] 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 62.024, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 62.024. AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED. In accordance with [Article VII,] Section 17(a), Article VII, [of the] Texas Constitution, the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation under that subsection is increased to $262.5 [$175] million. SECTION 3. Section 62.027(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The increase provided by the amendment to Section 62.024 enacted by the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, in the amount of the appropriation made under Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, is valid and effective beginning September 1, 2005 [1995]. SECTION 4. Section 62.021(e), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 5. 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 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2005. (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect only if this Act is approved by a vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature as required by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution.