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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain |
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public institutions of higher education that are named after state |
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historical figures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9051. PRESERVING INSTITUTION NAME BASED ON STATE |
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HISTORICAL FIGURE. (a) In this section, "general academic |
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teaching institution," "governing board," and "public state |
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college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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maintain a registry that includes each general academic teaching |
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institution, other than a public state college, that is named after |
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an established historical figure of this state, as determined by |
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the coordinating board in consultation with the Texas Historical |
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Commission. |
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(c) The governing board of an institution included on the |
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registry may not change the name of the institution in a manner that |
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removes the name of the established historical figure from the name |
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of the institution. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |