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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional |
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appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher |
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education and to the permissible uses of that money. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 62.021, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) In each state fiscal year beginning with the state |
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fiscal year ending August 31, 2026 [2021], an eligible institution |
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is entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this |
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section from the funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a), |
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Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute |
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funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a |
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claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071, |
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Government Code. An eligible institution may not present a claim |
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to be paid from any funds allocated under this subsection before the |
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delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII, |
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Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest |
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on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published |
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library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government |
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Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in |
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accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following |
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elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional |
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complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical |
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College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as |
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follows: |
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(1) to the following component institutions of the |
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University of North Texas System: |
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(A) $65,142,741 [$38,473,304] to the University |
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of North Texas and its branch campus the University of North Texas |
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at Frisco, allocated as determined by the board of regents of the |
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system; |
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(B) $21,716,116 [$15,581,837] to the University |
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of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and |
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(C) $7,150,950 [$3,455,644] to the University of |
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North Texas at Dallas; |
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(2) to the following component institutions of the |
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Texas State University System: |
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(A) $20,427,341 [$13,537,649] to Lamar |
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University; |
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(B) $7,956,305 [$2,630,158] to the Lamar |
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Institute of Technology; |
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(C) $5,556,444 [$1,533,301] to Lamar State |
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College--Orange; |
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(D) $6,949,525 [$2,283,992] to Lamar State |
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College--Port Arthur; |
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(E) $22,817,382 [$18,787,013] to Sam Houston |
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State University; |
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(F) $7,555,972 to Sam Houston State University |
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College of Osteopathic Medicine; |
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(G) $57,704,160 [$38,741,061] to Texas State |
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University; |
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(H) $4,699,091 [(G) $2,216,640] to Sul Ross State |
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University; and |
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(I) $2,886,904 [(H) $487,157] to Sul Ross State |
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University-Rio Grande College; |
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(3) $12,750,829 [$12,072,906] to Texas Southern |
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University; |
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(4) to the following component institutions of the |
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Texas Tech University System: |
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(A) $82,671,774 [$51,379,461] to Texas Tech |
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University; |
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(B) $29,075,466 [$22,305,642] to Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center and its branch campuses Texas |
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Tech University Health Sciences Center at Abilene and Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center at Dallas, allocated as |
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determined by the board of regents of the system; |
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(C) $10,250,544 [$6,997,943] to Angelo State |
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University; |
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(D) $11,548,153 [$5,725,243] to Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center--El Paso; and |
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(E) $7,261,812 [$5,082,034] to Midwestern State |
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University; |
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(5) $19,536,274 [$14,993,229] to the component |
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institutions of the Texas Woman's University System, allocated as |
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determined by the board of regents of the system; |
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(6) to the following component institutions of the |
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University of Houston System: |
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(A) $70,708,909 [$56,158,685] to the University |
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of Houston; |
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(B) $6,030,405 [$3,649,703] to the University of |
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Houston--Victoria; |
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(C) $10,015,183 [$7,959,137] to the University |
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of Houston--Clear Lake; [and] |
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(D) $14,094,619 [$11,155,034] to the University |
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of Houston--Downtown; and |
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(E) $5,746,678 to the University of Houston |
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College of Medicine; |
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(7) to the following component institutions of The |
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Texas A&M University System: |
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(A) $16,228,184 [$11,825,139] to Texas A&M |
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University--Corpus Christi; |
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(B) $11,686,588 [$7,687,534] to Texas A&M |
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International University; |
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(C) $10,453,123 [$9,125,307] to Texas A&M |
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University--Kingsville; |
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(D) $11,465,897 [$7,671,155] to West Texas A&M |
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University; |
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(E) $12,812,330 [$11,459,464] to East Texas A&M |
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University [University--Commerce]; and |
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(F) $4,731,552 [$2,112,129] to Texas A&M |
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University--Texarkana; and |
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(8) $12,993,750 [$8,662,500] to the Texas State |
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Technical College System Administration and the following |
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component campuses, but not its extension centers or programs: |
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(A) Texas State Technical College, a collective |
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unit in Nolan, Taylor, Brown, and Stephens Counties; |
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(B) Texas State Technical College--Harrison |
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County [College-Harlingen]; |
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(C) [(B)] Texas State Technical |
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College--McLennan County [College--Marshall]; |
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(D) [(C)] Texas State Technical College, a |
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collective unit of one or more locations in Ellis County |
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[College--West Texas]; |
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(E) [(D)] Texas State Technical College, a |
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collective unit in Comal and Guadalupe Counties [College--Waco]; |
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(F) [(E)] Texas State Technical College--Fort |
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Bend County; [and] |
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(G) [(F)] Texas State Technical College--Denton |
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County; |
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(H) Texas State Technical College, a collective |
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unit of one or more locations in East Williamson County; and |
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(I) Texas State Technical College in Cameron |
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County [College--North Texas]. |
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(c-1) Each governing board participating in the |
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distribution of funds as described in this section may in its sole |
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discretion use the funds to pay the principal and interest of bonds |
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that were issued under Chapter 55 and the proceeds of which were |
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spent for a purpose described in Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas |
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Constitution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 62.024, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 62.024. AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED. In |
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accordance with Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for |
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each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending |
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August 31, 2026 [2017], the amount of the annual constitutional |
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appropriation under that subsection is increased to $590,625,000 |
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[$393.75 million]. [Before the state fiscal year ending August 31, |
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2017, the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation under |
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that subsection is $262.5 million.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 62.027(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The increase provided by the amendment to Section 62.024 |
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enacted by the 89th [84th] Legislature, Regular Session, 2025 |
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[2015], in the amount of the appropriation made under Section |
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17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for each state fiscal year |
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beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2026 [2017], |
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constitutes the increase in accordance with Section 17(a) that the |
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legislature considers appropriate for the five-year period |
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beginning September 1, 2025 [2015]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 62.021(e-2), Education Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. The amounts allocated under Section 62.021, |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply to each state fiscal |
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year beginning with the state fiscal year beginning September 1, |
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2025. |
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SECTION 6. Contingent on the passage and becoming law of |
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S.B. 2361 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, relating to the transfer of the University of |
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Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System, the amounts |
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allocated to the University of Houston--Victoria under Section |
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62.021, Education Code, as amended by this Act, are allocated to the |
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university as transferred to The Texas A&M University System. |
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SECTION 7. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect as provided by |
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Subsection (a) of this section only if this Act is approved by a |
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vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house of the |
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legislature as required by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas |
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Constitution. |
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