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.