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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a pharmacy school at The |
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University of Texas at Tyler. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 76, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 76.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 76.026. PHARMACY SCHOOL. (a) The board may establish |
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and maintain a school of pharmacy as a professional school of the |
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institution. |
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(b) The board may prescribe courses leading to customary |
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degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and |
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may award those degrees. |
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(c) The board shall provide for the operations and capital |
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expenses of the school to be supported by tuition, gifts, grants, |
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and other institutional or system funds available for that purpose, |
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except that the school is not eligible for funding under the |
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formulas established under Section 61.059 for instruction, |
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operations, or infrastructure. |
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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, 2013. |