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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a student election to select the athletics nickname of |
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 79, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 79.11 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 79.11. ELECTION FOR ATHLETICS NICKNAME. (a) The |
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university shall hold an election to select the athletics nickname |
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of the university. The university shall include on the ballot: |
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(1) the "Broncs"; |
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(2) the "Ocelots"; and |
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(3) any other options the university chooses, |
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including nicknames nominated by students and approved by the |
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university. |
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(b) The board shall designate as the athletics nickname of |
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the university the nickname selected by a plurality vote of the |
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students voting in the election held under Subsection (a). In case |
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of a tie between nicknames receiving more votes than any other, the |
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board shall designate the athletics nickname of the university by |
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lot. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
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shall hold the election required under Section 79.11(a), Education |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2015. |
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(b) The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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shall make the designation required under Section 79.11(b), |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than May 31, 2015, |
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for application beginning with the 2016 fall semester. |
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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, 2015. |