80R3533 KEL-D
 
  By: Aycock, Delisi, Miller, Corte, et al. H.B. No. 589
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the student enrollment required for Texas A&M
University--Central Texas to operate as a general academic teaching
institution.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 87.861(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
Texas A&M University--Central Texas may not operate as a general
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Tarleton State
University System Center--Central Texas in Killeen has reached an
enrollment equivalent of 1,000 full-time students for one semester
or one academic year.  In computing the full-time student
enrollment equivalent for an academic year under this subsection,
the coordinating board shall include all semester credit hours
completed during the fall and spring semesters and the summer
session of the academic year.
       SECTION 2.  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, 2007.