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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment by The University of Texas System of a |
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law school in the Rio Grande Valley. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 75, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter D to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER D. RIO GRANDE VALLEY SCHOOL OF LAW |
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Sec. 75.251. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "board" means |
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the board of regents of The University of Texas System. |
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Sec. 75.252. RIO GRANDE VALLEY SCHOOL OF LAW. (a) The |
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board may establish and operate as a professional school of The |
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University of Texas System a school of law in Cameron County or |
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Hidalgo County as the board considers appropriate. |
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(b) In administering the law school, the board may prescribe |
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courses leading to customary degrees offered at other leading |
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American schools of law and may award those degrees. |
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(c) Before the board establishes a law school under this |
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section, the board shall request the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board to prepare a feasibility study to determine the |
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actions the system must take to obtain accreditation of the law |
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school. The coordinating board shall deliver a copy of the study to |
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the board and to the chair of each legislative standing committee or |
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subcommittee with jurisdiction over higher education. |
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SECTION 2. No funds for a state fiscal biennium ending on or |
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before August 31, 2017, may be appropriated for the purposes of |
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Subchapter D, Chapter 75, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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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, 2011. |