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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating Texas A&M University--Eagle Pass as a |
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component institution of The Texas A&M University System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter M to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER M. TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--EAGLE PASS |
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Sec. 87.881. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M |
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University System. |
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(2) "University" means Texas A&M University--Eagle |
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Pass. |
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Sec. 87.882. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) Texas A&M |
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University--Eagle Pass is a general academic teaching institution |
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located in Maverick County. The university is a component |
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institution of The Texas A&M University System and is under the |
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governance, management, and control of the board of regents of The |
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Texas A&M University System. |
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(b) The board has the same powers and duties concerning |
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Texas A&M University--Eagle Pass as are conferred on the board by |
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statute concerning Texas A&M University. |
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Sec. 87.883. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may |
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prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading |
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American universities and may award those degrees, including |
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bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and their equivalents. |
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(b) The board shall award degrees in the name of the |
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university. |
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(c) A department, school, or degree program may not be |
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instituted without the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board. |
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Sec. 87.884. UNIVERSITY OF THE FIRST CLASS. The board shall |
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make any other rules and regulations for the operation, control, |
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and management of the university as may be necessary for the conduct |
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of the university as a university of the first class. |
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Sec. 87.885. FACILITIES. The board shall provide for |
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adequate physical facilities for use by the university. |
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Sec. 87.886. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may solicit, |
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accept, and administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to the |
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board, gifts, grants, or donations of any kind and from any source |
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for use by the university. |
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Sec. 87.887. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. |
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(a) The board may execute and carry out with any entity or |
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institution affiliation or coordinating agreements that are |
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reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct and operation of |
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a university of the first class. |
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(b) The board may make joint faculty appointments to |
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positions in the university and to positions in other institutions |
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under the board's governance. The salary of a person who receives a |
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joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing |
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institutions on the basis of services rendered. |
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Sec. 87.888. PARTICIPATION IN PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND. |
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If the Act enacting this subchapter receives a vote of two-thirds of |
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the membership of each house of the legislature, the university is |
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entitled to participate in the funding provided by Section 18, |
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Article VII, Texas Constitution, to the same extent as similar |
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component institutions of The Texas A&M University System. |
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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, 2021. |