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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to authorization for the conveyance of certain real  | 
      
      
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        property from Texas Tech University to Texas Tech University Health  | 
      
      
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        Sciences Center. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 109, Education Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by adding Section 109.0541 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 109.0541.  AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN  | 
      
      
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        TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY REAL PROPERTY TO TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH  | 
      
      
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        SCIENCES CENTER.  Notwithstanding Section 109.054, the board may  | 
      
      
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        execute a conveyance of real property that is part of the original  | 
      
      
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        main campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Lubbock County, to  | 
      
      
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        Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center under terms and  | 
      
      
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        conditions that the board determines are in the best interest of  | 
      
      
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        both institutions.  The transaction must be in the form of an  | 
      
      
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        agreement and appropriate conveyancing documents between the two  | 
      
      
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        institutions. | 
      
      
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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, 2017. |