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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of real property by the University of |
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Houston--Sugar Land. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the transfer of real |
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property, on which the University of Houston--Sugar Land is now |
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located, to the University of Houston System by the Texas |
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Department of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 1243 (H.B. 1961), |
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Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, was made in the |
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public interest and continues to serve all public purposes of the |
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state listed in Subsection (a), Section 1 of Chapter 1243. |
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SECTION 2. The legislature finds that: |
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(1) the public purpose requirements placed on the |
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property transferred pursuant to Chapter 1243 are served if the |
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property is used for higher education purposes that encompass more |
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than strictly academic pursuits; and |
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(2) the language in Chapter 1243 that required the |
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property to be used "only for higher education purposes" is |
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misleading to the extent that it may be construed to imply that the |
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property is reserved for strictly academic pursuits. |
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SECTION 3. To clarify the intent of the legislature and in |
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accordance with the findings made by this Act, the ownership and |
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transfer documents for the property shall be amended to state that |
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the University of Houston--Sugar Land shall use the property "for |
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higher education purposes" consistent with the purposes of the |
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university. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |
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