By: Eltife, Nichols  S.B. No. 566
         (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013; February 20, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
  March 28, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; March 28, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the establishment of a pharmacy school at The
  University of Texas at Tyler.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 76, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Section 76.026 to read as follows:
         Sec. 76.026.  PHARMACY SCHOOL. (a)  The board may establish
  and maintain a school of pharmacy as a professional school of the
  institution.
         (b)  The board may prescribe courses leading to customary
  degrees offered at other leading American schools of pharmacy and
  may award those degrees.
         (c)  The board shall provide for the operations and capital
  expenses of the school to be supported by tuition, gifts, grants,
  and other institutional or system funds available for that purpose,
  except that the school is not eligible for funding under the
  formulas established under Section 61.059 for instruction,
  operations, or infrastructure.
         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, 2013.
 
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