By: West, Ogden S.B. No. 1662
 
      Williams
 
  (Turner)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of costs associated with certain
  educational programs of Prairie View A&M University.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 660.004, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Funds appropriated for Prairie View A&M University may
  be used to pay for costs associated with the university's Academy
  for Collegiate Excellence and Student Success program and Research
  Apprentice Program and the Prairie View A&M Undergraduate Medical
  Academy, including participant and employee travel expenses and
  related expenses.
         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, 2011.