By: Brown of Brazos, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ogden) H.B. No. 2834

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2007; May 8, 2007, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; May 15, 2007, reported favorably from Committee on Education by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of land on the main campus of Texas A&M University in College Station.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 85.25(c)(2), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(2) The board is hereby authorized to grant The Former Students Association of Texas A&M University a lease of surface area not to exceed eight [five] acres on the original main campus for use by the [said] association to construct and occupy a building for use consistent with the association's stated purposes.

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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