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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board of a certificate of recognition for persons who contribute |
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certain gifts or donations to public institutions of higher |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0901 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0901. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR MAJOR DONORS |
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TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) The board shall design |
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and produce a certificate of recognition for presentation by an |
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institution of higher education to a person who in any year |
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contributes to the institution for the support of any purposes, |
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programs, or activities of the institution one or more gifts or |
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donations in a total amount of at least $10,000. |
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(b) On receipt of a written request from an institution of |
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higher education providing the information necessary to establish |
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the donor's eligibility for the certificate, the board shall |
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prepare and provide at no cost to the institution a certificate of |
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recognition designed by the board under this section recognizing |
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the gifts or donations of a person described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall design and produce the certificate of recognition required by |
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Section 61.0901, Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as |
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practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |