By: Nichols S.B. No. 596

(In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2009; February 23, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; March 19, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 19, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the name of Stephen F. Austin State University.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 101.01, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 101.01. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) Stephen F. Austin State University is a coeducational institution of higher education located in the city of Nacogdoches.

(b) The name of the university may not be changed.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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