By: Burrows H.B. No. 298
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to athletic conference membership by institutions of
  higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.979.  COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP.
  Notwithstanding any other section of this code, a public senior
  college or university, as defined by Section 61.003(4), and the
  governing board of each institution may not change membership in a
  collegiate athletic conference without passage of a concurrent
  resolution by a majority vote in both legislative chambers.
         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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.