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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain constitutionally dedicated funds allocated to |
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the Lamar Institute of Technology and to the administration of that |
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institution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 96.703, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In the city of Beaumont, the [The] board shall establish |
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and maintain a lower-division institution of higher education [an
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educational center of Lamar University] as a separate |
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degree-granting institution to be known as Lamar Institute of |
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Technology. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 96.703, Education Code, |
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is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |