Amend CSSB 956 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill to read as follows:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0665 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0665.  STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW SCHOOLS. 
(a) The board shall conduct a study to examine the need for and 
feasibility of establishing a public law school in areas of the 
state where a law school is not located, including the Texas-Mexico 
border region.  The study shall be conducted using the same criteria 
used for determining the need for and feasibility of establishing 
the University of North Texas College of Law.
	(b)  Not later than November 1, 2010, the board shall report 
the results of the study required by Subsection (a) to the governor, 
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and 
presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with 
primary jurisdiction over higher education.
	(c)  This section expires January 31, 2011.