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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board regarding the establishment of a law |
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school campus extension in El Paso. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.09052 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.09052. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS |
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EXTENSION OF LAW SCHOOL; EL PASO. (a) The board shall conduct a |
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study to examine the need for and feasibility of establishing in El |
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Paso a campus extension of an existing public law school of this |
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state. The study must include an analysis of potential locations |
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for establishment of the campus extension within that municipality |
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and must identify the public law school or schools that would be the |
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best suited to support a campus extension described by this |
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section. |
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(b) Not later than November 1, 2016, the board shall report |
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the results of the study required by Subsection (a) to the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and |
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presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with |
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primary jurisdiction over higher education. |
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(c) This section expires January 31, 2017. |
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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, 2015. |