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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of the |
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University of North Texas at Dallas as a general academic teaching |
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institution and the issuance of bonds for that institution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 105.501, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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the University of North Texas at Dallas may operate as a general |
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academic teaching institution with its own chief executive officer, |
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administration, and faculty only after the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the University of |
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North Texas System Center at Dallas has reached an enrollment |
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equivalent to 1,000 full-time students for one semester. Until |
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that enrollment level is reached, the board may operate a system |
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center of the University of North Texas in the city of Dallas. |
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Prior to reaching 2,500 full-time equivalent students, the
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University of North Texas at Dallas may not receive general revenue
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in excess of the 2003 expended amount with the exception of funding
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provided through the General Academic Instruction and Operations
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Formula for semester credit hour increases and the Tuition Revenue
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Bond debt service for bonds approved in the 78th Legislature. The
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institution will not be eligible to receive the small school
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supplement in the General Academic Instruction and Operations
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Formula until it reaches 2,500 full-time equivalent student
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enrollment.
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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. |