BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 2834
80R9188 JRJ-F By: Brown, Fred, Aycock (Ogden)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Under current law, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System (board) is authorized to grant The Former Students Association of Texas A&M University (association) a lease of surface area not to exceed five acres on the original main campus on which the association can construct and occupy a building for use consistent with the association's stated purposes. The association would like to lease an additional contiguous three acres for a new Aggie Ring Plaza, expanded parking and enhanced services for Texas A&M University and alumni. Since the current building was dedicated in 1987, the association staff has doubled, and the number of former students has nearly tripled, thus creating a need to expand.
H.B. 2834 increases the maximum amount of acreage that the board is authorized to lease to the association from five to eight acres.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to any state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 85.25(c)(2), Education Code, to provide that the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System is authorized to grant The Former Students Association of Texas A&M University a lease of surface area not to exceed eight, rather than five, acres on the original main campus for use by the, rather than by said, association to construct and occupy a building for use consistent with the association's stated purposes.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.