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  81R4638 JRJ-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 629
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the statutory limitation imposed on the University of
  North Texas System to issue revenue bonds to fund facilities at the
  University of North Texas Dallas Campus.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 55.1755(d), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the University of North
  Texas System may not issue bonds under this section for facilities
  at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus until the Texas
  Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
  the University of North Texas Dallas Campus has reached an
  enrollment equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one
  semester.  [If that enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010,
  the system's authority to issue bonds for the University of North
  Texas Dallas Campus under this section expires on that date.]
         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.