By: Whitmire S.B. No. 547
73R4249 SOS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the name of the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 111,
1-5 Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 SUBCHAPTER E. THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
1-7 AT PASADENA<-CLEAR LAKE>
1-8 SECTION 2. Section 111.81, Education Code, is amended to
1-9 read as follows:
1-10 Sec. 111.81. UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AT PASADENA<-CLEAR LAKE>.
1-11 There is established in Harris County, as recommended by the Texas
1-12 Higher Education Coordinating Board<, Texas College and University
1-13 System>, a coeducational institution of higher education to be
1-14 known as the University of Houston at Pasadena<-Clear Lake>. The
1-15 university shall be located on land currently owned by the
1-16 University of Houston, either land acquired by donation under
1-17 Chapter 37, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967, or
1-18 land generally adjacent to that land and also owned by the
1-19 University of Houston.
1-20 SECTION 3. Section 111.82, Education Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 111.82. Organization and Control. The organization and
1-23 control of the university are vested in the board of regents of the
1-24 University of Houston. With respect to this university, the board
2-1 of regents has all the rights, powers, and duties that it has with
2-2 respect to the organization and control of the University of
2-3 Houston, except as otherwise provided by this Act. However, the
2-4 University of Houston at Pasadena <Clear Lake City> shall be
2-5 maintained as a separate and distinct institution of higher
2-6 education.
2-7 SECTION 4. Section 111.84(c), Education Code, is amended to
2-8 read as follows:
2-9 (c) The advisory committee shall periodically study the
2-10 overall needs of the region mentioned in Subsection (a) of this
2-11 section for the development of programs and resources in higher
2-12 education, and as a result of its studies shall make
2-13 recommendations to the board of regents of the University of
2-14 Houston System regarding the development of the departments and
2-15 degree programs of the University of Houston at Pasadena<-Clear
2-16 Lake>. The board of regents shall give careful consideration to
2-17 the recommendations of the advisory committee.
2-18 SECTION 5. Section 111.91, Education Code, is amended to
2-19 read as follows:
2-20 Sec. 111.91. Organization and Control. The organization and
2-21 control of the institution are vested in the board of regents of
2-22 the University of Houston System. With respect to this institution
2-23 the board of regents has all the rights, powers, and duties that it
2-24 has with respect to the organization and control of the University
2-25 of Houston and the University of Houston at Pasadena <Clear Lake
2-26 City> except as otherwise provided by this subchapter. However,
2-27 the University of Houston-Downtown College shall be maintained as a
3-1 separate and distinct institution of higher education.
3-2 SECTION 6. Section 54.540, Education Code, is amended to
3-3 read as follows:
3-4 Sec. 54.540. STUDENT CENTER FEE, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AT
3-5 PASADENA<-CLEAR LAKE>. (a) The Board of Regents of the University
3-6 of Houston System may levy and collect a student center fee, not to
3-7 exceed $40 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed
3-8 $20 per student for each term of the summer session for the sole
3-9 purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and
3-10 improving a student center for the University of Houston at
3-11 Pasadena<-Clear Lake>. The fees herein authorized to be levied are
3-12 in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter authorized
3-13 to be levied. The student center fee initially levied shall be in
3-14 an amount approved by a majority vote of the students voting in an
3-15 election called for that purpose.
3-16 (b) The student center fees shall be deposited to an account
3-17 known as The University of Houston at Pasadena<-Clear Lake> Student
3-18 Center Fee Account and shall be placed under the control of and
3-19 subject to the order of the University Life Council. The council
3-20 shall annually submit to the board of regents a complete and
3-21 itemized budget, a recommended fee level, and a complete report of
3-22 all activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures
3-23 made incident thereto. The board of regents shall make such
3-24 changes in the budget as it deems necessary before approving the
3-25 budget.
3-26 (c) The board of regents may increase the student center fee
3-27 levied under this section. However, if the increase is more than
4-1 10 percent above the previous fiscal year's fee, it must be
4-2 approved by a majority of students voting in an election called for
4-3 that purpose.
4-4 SECTION 7. Section 55.171(a), Education Code, is amended to
4-5 read as follows:
4-6 (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston may
4-7 acquire, purchase, construct, improve, enlarge, and equip property,
4-8 buildings, structures, and facilities for the University of Houston
4-9 at Pasadena <Clear Lake City>, and for these purposes may request
4-10 the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue revenue bonds on behalf
4-11 of the University of Houston pursuant to this subchapter. The
4-12 board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of these revenue bonds
4-13 all or any part of the aggregate amount of student tuition charges
4-14 required or authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at
4-15 the University of Houston or the University of Houston at Pasadena
4-16 <Clear Lake City>, or both; and the amount of any pledge so made
4-17 shall never be reduced or abrogated while the bonds are
4-18 outstanding. However, the tuition charges shall not be pledged
4-19 pursuant to the authority granted by this subsection except to the
4-20 payment of bonds issued in an aggregate principal amount not to
4-21 exceed $40 million for the purpose of providing funds to acquire,
4-22 purchase, construct, improve, enlarge, and equip property,
4-23 buildings, structures, and facilities for the University of Houston
4-24 at Pasadena <Clear Lake City>.
4-25 SECTION 8. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended to
4-26 read as follows:
4-27 (a) Each fiscal year, an eligible institution is entitled to
5-1 receive an amount allocated in accordance with this section from
5-2 funds appropriated by Article VII, Section 17(a), of the
5-3 Constitution of Texas. The comptroller of public accounts shall
5-4 distribute funds allocated under this subsection only on
5-5 presentation of a claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance
5-6 with Section 403.071, Government Code. The comptroller may not
5-7 issue a warrant from any funds allocated under this subsection
5-8 before the delivery of goods or services described in Section 17,
5-9 Article VII, Texas Constitution, except for the payment of
5-10 principal or interest on bonds or notes. The allocation of funds
5-11 under this subsection is made in accordance with an equitable
5-12 formula consisting of the following elements: space deficit,
5-13 facilities condition, institutional complexity, separate allocation
5-14 for medical units, and additional allocation for compliance with
5-15 the Texas Desegregation Plan. The amounts allocated by such
5-16 formula are as follows:
5-17 $ 2,971,685 East Texas State University including
5-18 East Texas State University at
5-19 Texarkana;
5-20 $ 7,125,680 Lamar University including Lamar
5-21 University at Orange and Lamar
5-22 University at Port Arthur;
5-23 $ 1,645,885 Midwestern State University;
5-24 $11,444,067 University of North Texas;
5-25 $ 3,196,287 The University of
5-26 Texas--Pan American <University> and The
5-27 University of Texas at Brownsville;
6-1 $ 5,152,124 Stephen F. Austin State University;
6-2 $ 2,166,667 Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine;
6-3 $19,724,411 Texas State University System
6-4 Administration and the following
6-5 component institutions:
6-6 Angelo State University;
6-7 Sam Houston State University;
6-8 Southwest Texas State University;
6-9 Sul Ross State University including
6-10 Uvalde Study Center;
6-11 $ 6,596,436 Texas Southern University (includes
6-12 allocation of $2,700,000 for
6-13 compliance with Texas Desegregation
6-14 Plan);
6-15 $10,538,296 Texas Tech University;
6-16 $ 4,333,333 Texas Tech University Health Sciences
6-17 Center;
6-18 $ 3,583,869 Texas Woman's University;
6-19 $15,799,996 University of Houston System
6-20 Administration and the following
6-21 component institutions:
6-22 University of Houston;
6-23 University of Houston--Victoria;
6-24 University of Houston
6-25 at Pasadena<-Clear Lake>;
6-26 University of Houston--Downtown;
6-27 $ 3,636,316 <University System of South Texas>
7-1 <System Administration and the>
7-2 <following component institutions:>
7-3 Corpus Christi State University;
7-4 Laredo State University;
7-5 Texas A&I University; and
7-6 $ 2,084,948 West Texas State University.
7-7 SECTION 9. Section 2(5)(A), Chapter 421, Acts of the 63rd
7-8 Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 6252-9b, Vernon's Texas
7-9 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
7-10 (A) "Appointed officer of a major state agency"
7-11 means any of the following:
7-12 (i) a member of the Public Utility
7-13 Commission of Texas;
7-14 (ii) a member of the Texas Department of
7-15 Commerce;
7-16 (iii) a member of the Texas Board of
7-17 Aviation;
7-18 (iv) a member of the Texas Air Control
7-19 Board;
7-20 (v) a member of the Texas Alcoholic
7-21 Beverage Commission;
7-22 (vi) a member of the Finance Commission of
7-23 Texas;
7-24 (vii) a member of the State Purchasing and
7-25 General Services Commission;
7-26 (viii) a member of the Texas Board of
7-27 Criminal Justice;
8-1 (ix) a member of the Board of Trustees of
8-2 the Employees Retirement System of Texas;
8-3 (x) a member of the State Highway and
8-4 Public Transportation Commission;
8-5 (xi) a member of the Texas Workers'
8-6 Compensation Commission;
8-7 (xii) a member of the State Board of
8-8 Insurance;
8-9 (xiii) a member of the Parks and Wildlife
8-10 Commission;
8-11 (xiv) a member of the Public Safety
8-12 Commission;
8-13 (xv) the Secretary of State;
8-14 (xvi) a member of the State Securities
8-15 Board;
8-16 (xvii) a member of the Texas Amusement
8-17 Machine Commission;
8-18 (xviii) a member of the Texas Water
8-19 Development Board;
8-20 (xix) a member of the Texas Water
8-21 Commission;
8-22 (xx) a member of the governing board of a
8-23 state senior college or university as defined by Section 61.003,
8-24 Education Code, including The University of Texas at Arlington; The
8-25 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at Dallas;
8-26 The University of Texas at El Paso; The University of Texas--Pan
8-27 American; The University of Texas--Pan American--Brownsville; The
9-1 University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of Texas
9-2 at San Antonio; The University of Texas at Tyler; The University of
9-3 Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; The University of
9-4 Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; The University of Texas Health
9-5 Science Center at Houston; The University of Texas Health Science
9-6 Center at San Antonio; The University of Texas System Cancer
9-7 Center; The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler;
9-8 Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University at Galveston; Prairie
9-9 View A&M University; Tarleton State University; Corpus Christi
9-10 State University; Texas A&I University; Laredo State University;
9-11 East Texas State University; East Texas State University at
9-12 Texarkana; University of Houston; University of Houston at
9-13 Pasadena<--Clear Lake>; University of Houston--Downtown; University
9-14 of Houston--Victoria; Lamar University at Beaumont; Lamar
9-15 University at Orange; Lamar University at Port Arthur; Midwestern
9-16 State University; University of North Texas; Texas College of
9-17 Osteopathic Medicine; Stephen F. Austin State University; Texas
9-18 Southern University; Texas Tech University; Texas Tech University
9-19 Health Sciences Center; Texas Woman's University; West Texas State
9-20 University; Angelo State University; Sam Houston State University;
9-21 Southwest Texas State University; Sul Ross State University; Sul
9-22 Ross State University--Uvalde Center; Texas State Technical College
9-23 <Institute>--Amarillo; Texas State Technical College
9-24 <Institute>--Harlingen; Texas State Technical College
9-25 <Institute>--Sweetwater; and Texas State Technical College
9-26 <Institute>--Waco;
9-27 (xxi) a member of the Texas Higher
10-1 Education Coordinating Board;
10-2 (xxii) a member of the Texas Employment
10-3 Commission;
10-4 (xxiii) a member of the State Banking
10-5 Board;
10-6 (xxiv) a member of the board of trustees
10-7 of the Teachers Retirement System of Texas;
10-8 (xxv) a member of the Credit Union
10-9 Commission;
10-10 (xxvi) a member of the School Land Board;
10-11 (xxvii) a member of the board of the Texas
10-12 Department of Housing and Community Affairs;
10-13 (xxviii) a member of the Texas Racing
10-14 Commission;
10-15 (xxix) a member of the State Board of
10-16 Dental Examiners;
10-17 (xxx) a member of the Texas Board of
10-18 Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators;
10-19 (xxxi) a member of the Texas State Board
10-20 of Medical Examiners;
10-21 (xxxii) a member of the Board of Pardons
10-22 and Paroles;
10-23 (xxxiii) a member of the Texas State Board
10-24 of Pharmacy;
10-25 (xxxiv) the Banking Commissioner of the
10-26 Banking Department of Texas;
10-27 (xxxv) a member of the Department of
11-1 Information Resources Governing Board;
11-2 (xxxvi) the fire fighters' pension
11-3 commissioner;
11-4 (xxxvii) a member of the Texas Motor
11-5 Vehicle Commission;
11-6 (xxxviii) the director of the Office of
11-7 Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System;
11-8 (xxxix) the chief executive of the Office
11-9 of Public Utility Counsel;
11-10 (xl) a member of the Texas Real Estate
11-11 Commission;
11-12 (xli) a member of the board of directors
11-13 and the executive director of the State Bar of Texas;
11-14 (xlii) a member of the Bond Review Board;
11-15 (xliii) a member of the Texas Board of
11-16 Health;
11-17 (xliv) a member of the Texas Board of
11-18 Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
11-19 (xlv) a member of the Texas Board on
11-20 Aging;
11-21 (xlvi) a member of the Texas Board of
11-22 Human Services;
11-23 (xlvii) a member of the Texas Funeral
11-24 Service Commission;
11-25 (xlviii) a member of the board of
11-26 directors of a river authority created under the constitution or
11-27 laws of this state;
12-1 (xlix) the director of the lottery
12-2 division in the office of the comptroller; or
12-3 (l) the deputy in charge of the department
12-4 of security in the lottery division in the office of the
12-5 comptroller.
12-6 SECTION 10. (a) The name of the University of Houston-Clear
12-7 Lake is changed to the University of Houston at Pasadena.
12-8 (b) A reference in law to the University of Houston-Clear
12-9 Lake means the University of Houston at Pasadena.
12-10 (c) An appropriation for the use and benefit of the
12-11 University of Houston-Clear Lake is available for the use and
12-12 benefit of the University of Houston at Pasadena.
12-13 (d) Before using new stationery or other supplies printed
12-14 with the university's name as changed by this Act, the university
12-15 shall use all stationery and other supplies that are printed with
12-16 the university's former name and that are in its possession on the
12-17 effective date of this Act.
12-18 SECTION 11. The importance of this legislation and the
12-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
12-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
12-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
12-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
12-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
12-24 passage, and it is so enacted.