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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board regarding the establishment of a |
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school of law in the Texas-Mexico border region. |
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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 61.0665 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0665. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW SCHOOL; |
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TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER REGION. (a) The board shall conduct a study to |
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examine the need for and feasibility of establishing a public law |
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school in the Texas-Mexico border region. The study must include an |
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analysis of potential locations for establishment of the law school |
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within that region. |
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(b) Not later than November 1, 2010, the board shall report |
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the results of the study required by Subsection (a) to the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and |
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presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with |
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primary jurisdiction over higher education. |
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(c) This section expires January 31, 2011. |
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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. |