Amend SB 1436 (House committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter E, Chapter 88, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 88.503 to read as follows:
	Sec. 88.503.  SPATIAL REFERENCE CENTER.  (a)  The board may 
create and operate a spatial reference center at Texas A&M 
University--Corpus Christi for the purpose of:
		(1)  facilitating the federal height modernization 
project for the state;
		(2)  conducting basic and applied research regarding 
elevation and geodetic and vertical datums in the state;
		(3)  collecting geodetic data for state mapping and 
control; and     
		(4)  establishing and maintaining an official digital 
spatial reference system for the state, in coordination with:
			(A)  the United States National Geodetic Survey;                      
			(B)  the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and       
			(C)  the Texas Water Development Board.                               
	(b)  The board shall adopt rules relating to the operation of 
the spatial reference center.
	(c)  The spatial reference center may solicit and accept 
gifts, grants, and appropriations for the purposes of this section.