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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual football game between The University of Texas |
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at Austin and Texas A&M University. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9246 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9246. FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS |
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AT AUSTIN AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY. (a) The intercollegiate |
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football teams of The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M |
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University shall play a nonconference, regular-season football |
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game against one another on the fourth Thursday, Friday, or |
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Saturday of November each year. |
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(b) If The University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M |
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University refuses to play the football game required by Subsection |
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(a) in a year, the university may not award to any student for the |
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following academic year an athletic scholarship, grant, or similar |
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financial assistance funded by state funds and conditioned on the |
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student's participation on the university's intercollegiate |
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football team. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9246, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the intercollegiate football |
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season for the 2020-2021 academic year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |