81R1265 KEL-D

By: Lucio S.B. No. 2409

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the higher education fund and the allocation and distribution of certain constitutional revenues to The University of Texas at Brownsville.

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

SECTION 1. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) In each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, an eligible institution is entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, Government Code. The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any funds allocated under this subsection before the delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as follows:

(1) $3,434,348 to Midwestern State University;

(2) $26,137,233 to the University of North Texas;

(3) $8,139,391 to the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth;

(4) $12,882,348 to The University of Texas--Pan American;

(5) [$4,186,790 to The University of Texas at Brownsville;

[(6)] $7,025,771 to Stephen F. Austin State University;

(6) [(7)] to the following component institutions of the Texas State University System:

(A) $11,210,508 to Lamar University;

(B) $1,115,048 to Lamar State College--Orange;

(C) $1,190,119 to Lamar State College--Port Arthur;

(D) $9,916,306 to Sam Houston State University;

(E) $19,799,276 to Texas State University--San Marcos;

(F) $2,043,772 to Sul Ross State University; and

(G) $379,831 to Sul Ross State University-Rio Grande College;

(7) [(8)] $11,156,463 to Texas Southern University;

(8) [(9)] to the following component institutions of the Texas Tech University System:

(A) $26,829,477 to Texas Tech University;

(B) $17,849,441 to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; and

(C) $3,585,802 to Angelo State University;

(9) [(10)] $8,424,209 to Texas Woman's University;

(10) [(11)] to the following component institutions of the University of Houston System:

(A) $35,276,140 to the University of Houston;

(B) $2,282,883 to the University of Houston--Victoria;

(C) $6,001,337 to the University of Houston--Clear Lake; and

(D) $9,628,151 to the University of Houston--Downtown;

(11) [(12)] to the following component institutions of The Texas A&M University System:

(A) $8,278,993 to Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi;

(B) $3,130,211 to Texas A&M International University;

(C) $5,052,232 to Texas A&M University--Kingsville;

(D) $4,776,890 to West Texas A&M University;

(E) $5,345,678 to Texas A&M University--Commerce; and

(F) $1,646,352 to Texas A&M University--Texarkana; and

(12) [(13)] $5,775,000 to the Texas State Technical College System Administration and the following component campuses, but not its extension centers or programs:

(A) Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;

(B) Texas State Technical College--Marshall;

(C) Texas State Technical College--West Texas; and

(D) Texas State Technical College--Waco.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2010, but only if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, entitling The University of Texas at Brownsville to participate in the income and other benefits of the permanent university fund, takes effect. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.