By: Aycock, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 589

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2007; April 26, 2007, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; May 18, 2007, reported favorably from Committee on Education by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

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.

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