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By: Morrison (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) |
H.B. No. 1056 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009; |
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May 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the course levels offered by the University of |
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Houston-Victoria. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 111.96, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 111.96. ESTABLISHMENT: SCOPE. (a) The board of |
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regents shall maintain [establish] an [upper-level] educational |
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institution in the City of Victoria to be known as the University of |
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Houston-Victoria. |
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(b) The institution shall [be organized to] offer |
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undergraduate [only junior, senior,] and graduate level programs. |
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[(c)
The institution may enroll a student who has
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successfully completed at least 30 semester credit hours of course
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work at a public or private institution of higher education and who
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is concurrently enrolled in another public or private institution
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of higher education.] |
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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. |
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