Amend CSHB 51 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0585 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0585.  BONDS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF TIER ONE 
RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES.  The board may direct the Texas Public 
Finance Authority to issue bonds in an amount necessary to provide 
funds appropriated by the legislature to develop and maintain 
public research universities in this state of the highest tier.
	SECTION ____.  Notwithstanding Section 3 of this 
Act, Section 61.0585, Education Code, as added by this Act, takes 
effect January 1, 2010, but only if the constitutional amendment 
proposed by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, providing 
for the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funding to 
develop and maintain research universities in this state of the 
highest tier is approved by the voters.  If that amendment is not 
approved by the voters, Section 61.0585, Education Code, as added 
by this Act, has no effect.