80R10050 JRJ-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst H.B. No. 3484
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the programs and functions of The Texas A&M University
System and Sam Houston State University.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding
Subchapter M to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M. OTHER PROGRAMS OF THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
       Sec. 87.901.  AGREEMENTS AND PROGRAMS IN WALKER COUNTY AREA.
The Texas A&M University System may enter into agreements or
establish joint programs with Sam Houston State University in
Walker County or the surrounding area for the operation of an agency
or program of the system or to otherwise meet the educational needs
of the state.
       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.