1-2 Relating to the Consolidation of the University of Texas System's
By George H.B. No. 3568
77R5759 QS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the consolidation of The University of Texas System's
1-3 institutions located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.502(1), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Eligible institution" means the college,
1-8 department, or other unit of engineering at any of the following
1-9 institutions of higher education:
1-10 (A) The University of Texas at Austin;
1-11 (B) The University of Texas at Dallas
1-12 [Arlington];
1-13 (C) The University of Texas at El Paso;
1-14 (D) The University of Texas at San Antonio;
1-15 (E) The University of Texas of the Permian
1-16 Basin;
1-17 (F) Texas A&M University;
1-18 (G) Prairie View A&M University;
1-19 (H) Texas Tech University;
1-20 (I) Lamar University;
1-21 (J) University of Houston; and
1-22 (K) Texas A&M University--Kingsville.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 54.512, Education Code, is amended to read
1-24 as follows:
2-1 Sec. 54.512. SHUTTLE BUS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
2-2 DALLAS CAMPUS AT ARLINGTON. (a) The board of regents of The
2-3 University of Texas System may levy a shuttle bus fee not to exceed
2-4 $10 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $5 per
2-5 student for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose
2-6 of financing shuttle bus service for students attending The
2-7 University of Texas at Dallas Campus at Arlington. The fees herein
2-8 authorized to be levied are in addition to any use fee or service
2-9 fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied. However, no fee may
2-10 be levied unless the fee is approved by a majority vote of those
2-11 students participating in a general election called for that
2-12 purpose.
2-13 (b) Such fees shall be deposited to an account known as "The
2-14 University of Texas at Dallas Arlington Campus Shuttle Bus Fee
2-15 Account" and shall be expended in accordance with a budget
2-16 submitted to and approved by the board of regents. The board of
2-17 regents shall make such changes in the budget as it deems necessary
2-18 before approving the budget, and shall then levy the fees, within
2-19 the limits herein fixed, in such amounts as will be sufficient to
2-20 meet the budget as approved.
2-21 SECTION 3. Section 54.5121, Education Code, is amended to
2-22 read as follows:
2-23 Sec. 54.5121. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FEE; THE UNIVERSITY
2-24 OF TEXAS AT DALLAS CAMPUS AT ARLINGTON. (a) The board of regents
2-25 of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory
2-26 intercollegiate athletics fee at The University of Texas at Dallas
2-27 Campus at Arlington. The amount of the fee may not exceed $7.75 per
3-1 semester credit hour for each regular semester, unless increased as
3-2 provided by Subsection (b). The fee may not be imposed unless
3-3 approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a
3-4 general student election held for that purpose.
3-5 (b) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be
3-6 increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a
3-7 majority vote of the students participating in a general student
3-8 election held for that purpose or, if the amount of the increase
3-9 does not exceed five percent, by the legislative body of the
3-10 student government of the university.
3-11 (c) The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee
3-12 for a summer session.
3-13 (d) The fee imposed under this section may not be considered
3-14 in determining the maximum student services fees that may be
3-15 imposed under Section 54.503.
3-16 SECTION 4. Section 55.1722, Education Code, is amended by
3-17 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
3-18 follows:
3-19 (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this
3-20 subchapter, the board of regents of The University of Texas System
3-21 may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or
3-22 equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or
3-23 related infrastructure for the following institutions to be
3-24 financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this
3-25 subchapter, including bonds issued in accordance with its
3-26 systemwide revenue financing program and secured as provided by
3-27 that program in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed the
4-1 following amounts:
4-2 (1) [The University of Texas at Arlington, $16
4-3 million;]
4-4 [(2)] The University of Texas at Austin, $12.5
4-5 million;
4-6 (2) [(3)] The University of Texas at Brownsville,
4-7 $22.5 million;
4-8 (3) [(4)] The University of Texas at Dallas, $41 [$5]
4-9 million;
4-10 (4) [(5)] The University of Texas at El Paso, $14
4-11 million;
4-12 (5) [(6)] The University of Texas--Pan American, $17
4-13 million;
4-14 (6) [(7)] The University of Texas of the Permian
4-15 Basin, $25.8 million;
4-16 (7) [(8)] The University of Texas at San Antonio, $50
4-17 million;
4-18 (8) [(9)] The University of Texas at Tyler, $9.5
4-19 million;
4-20 (9) [(10) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
4-21 Center at Dallas, $20 million;]
4-22 [(11)] The University of Texas Health Science Center
4-23 at Houston, $17.5 million; and
4-24 (10) [(12)] the Lower Rio Grande Valley Academic
4-25 Health Center, $30 million, if that institution is established.
4-26 (e) Bonds issued under this section before September 1,
4-27 2001, for facilities of The University of Texas at Arlington and
5-1 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas are
5-2 considered to be bonds issued for facilities of The University of
5-3 Texas at Dallas.
5-4 SECTION 5. Sections 61.003(3) and (5), Education Code, are
5-5 amended to read as follows:
5-6 (3) "General academic teaching institution" means The
5-7 University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
5-8 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
5-9 Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas
5-10 A&M University, Main University; [The University of Texas at
5-11 Arlington;] Tarleton State University; Prairie View A&M
5-12 University; Texas Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University;
5-13 University of North Texas; Lamar University; Lamar State
5-14 College--Orange; Lamar State College--Port Arthur; Texas A&M
5-15 University--Kingsville; Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi;
5-16 Texas Woman's University; Texas Southern University; Midwestern
5-17 State University; University of Houston; University of Texas--Pan
5-18 American; The University of Texas at Brownsville; Texas A&M
5-19 University--Commerce; Sam Houston State University; Southwest
5-20 Texas State University; West Texas A&M University; Stephen F.
5-21 Austin State University; Sul Ross State University; Angelo State
5-22 University; The University of Texas at Tyler; and any other
5-23 college, university, or institution so classified as provided in
5-24 this chapter or created and so classified, expressly or impliedly,
5-25 by law.
5-26 (5) "Medical and dental unit" means The University of
5-27 Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; the [The University of Texas]
6-1 Southwestern Medical Center of The University of Texas at Dallas;
6-2 The University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio; The
6-3 University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston; The University of
6-4 Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; The University of Texas
6-5 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston; The University
6-6 of Texas Dental School at San Antonio; The University of Texas
6-7 Medical School at Houston; the nursing institutions of The
6-8 University of Texas System; and The University of Texas School of
6-9 Public Health at Houston; and such other medical or dental schools
6-10 as may be established by statute or as provided in this chapter.
6-11 SECTION 6. Section 63.002(c), Education Code, is amended to
6-12 read as follows:
6-13 (c) The amount available for distribution from the fund may
6-14 be appropriated only for programs that benefit medical research,
6-15 health education, or treatment programs at the following
6-16 health-related institutions of higher education:
6-17 (1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
6-18 San Antonio;
6-19 (2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
6-20 Center;
6-21 (3) the [The University of Texas] Southwestern Medical
6-22 Center of The University of Texas at Dallas;
6-23 (4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
6-24 Galveston;
6-25 (5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
6-26 Houston;
6-27 (6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-1 Tyler;
7-2 (7) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
7-3 (8) the University of North Texas Health Science
7-4 Center at Fort Worth;
7-5 (9) the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center;
7-6 and
7-7 (10) Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract between
7-8 Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education
7-9 Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092.
7-10 SECTION 7. Section 63.101(a), Education Code, is amended to
7-11 read as follows:
7-12 (a) A separate permanent endowment fund is established for
7-13 the benefit of each of the following institutions of higher
7-14 education:
7-15 (1) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-16 San Antonio;
7-17 (2) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer
7-18 Center;
7-19 (3) the [The University of Texas] Southwestern Medical
7-20 Center of The University of Texas at Dallas;
7-21 (4) The University of Texas Medical Branch at
7-22 Galveston;
7-23 (5) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-24 Houston;
7-25 (6) The University of Texas Health Science Center at
7-26 Tyler;
7-27 (7) The University of Texas at El Paso;
8-1 (8) The Texas A&M University Health Science Center;
8-2 (9) the University of North Texas Health Science
8-3 Center at Fort Worth;
8-4 (10) the components of the Texas Tech University
8-5 Health Sciences Center located in El Paso;
8-6 (11) the components of the Texas Tech University
8-7 Health Sciences Center at locations other than El Paso;
8-8 (12) the regional academic health center established
8-9 under Section 74.611; and
8-10 (13) Baylor College of Medicine, if a contract between
8-11 Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Higher Education
8-12 Coordinating Board is in effect under Section 61.092.
8-13 SECTION 8. Section 65.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
8-14 read as follows:
8-15 (a) The University of Texas System is composed of the
8-16 following institutions and entities:
8-17 (1) [The University of Texas at Arlington, including]
8-18 [(A) The University of Texas Institute of Urban
8-19 Studies at Arlington; and]
8-20 [(B) The University of Texas School of Nursing
8-21 at Arlington;]
8-22 [(2)] The University of Texas at Austin, including:
8-23 (A) The University of Texas Marine Science
8-24 Institute;
8-25 (B) The University of Texas McDonald Observatory
8-26 at Mount Locke; and
8-27 (C) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
9-1 Austin;
9-2 (2) [(3)] The University of Texas at Dallas,
9-3 including:
9-4 (A) The University of Texas Institute of Urban
9-5 Studies at Arlington;
9-6 (B) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
9-7 Arlington; and
9-8 (C) the Southwestern Medical Center of The
9-9 University of Texas at Dallas, including:
9-10 (i) the Southwestern Medical School of The
9-11 University of Texas at Dallas;
9-12 (ii) the Southwestern Graduate School of
9-13 Biomedical Sciences of The University of Texas at Dallas; and
9-14 (iii) the Southwestern Allied Health
9-15 Sciences School of The University of Texas at Dallas;
9-16 (3) [(4)] The University of Texas at El Paso,
9-17 including The University of Texas School of Nursing at El Paso;
9-18 (4) [(5)] The University of Texas of the Permian
9-19 Basin;
9-20 (5) [(6)] The University of Texas at San Antonio,
9-21 including the University of Texas Institute of Texan Cultures at
9-22 San Antonio;
9-23 (6) [(7) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical
9-24 Center at Dallas, including]
9-25 [(A) The University of Texas Southwestern
9-26 Medical School at Dallas;]
9-27 [(B) The University of Texas Southwestern
10-1 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Dallas; and]
10-2 [(C) The University of Texas Southwestern Allied
10-3 Health Sciences School at Dallas;]
10-4 [(8)] The University of Texas Medical Branch at
10-5 Galveston, including:
10-6 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
10-7 Galveston;
10-8 (B) The University of Texas Graduate School of
10-9 Biomedical Sciences at Galveston;
10-10 (C) The University of Texas School of Allied
10-11 Health Sciences at Galveston;
10-12 (D) The University of Texas Marine Biomedical
10-13 Institute at Galveston;
10-14 (E) The University of Texas Hospitals at
10-15 Galveston; and
10-16 (F) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
10-17 Galveston;
10-18 (7) [(9)] The University of Texas Health Science
10-19 Center at Houston, including:
10-20 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
10-21 Houston;
10-22 (B) The University of Texas Dental Branch at
10-23 Houston;
10-24 (C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
10-25 Biomedical Sciences at Houston;
10-26 (D) The University of Texas School of Allied
10-27 Health Sciences at Houston;
11-1 (E) The University of Texas School of Public
11-2 Health at Houston;
11-3 (F) The University of Texas Speech and Hearing
11-4 Institute at Houston; and
11-5 (G) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
11-6 Houston;
11-7 (8) [(10)] The University of Texas Health Science
11-8 Center at San Antonio, including:
11-9 (A) The University of Texas Medical School at
11-10 San Antonio;
11-11 (B) The University of Texas Dental School at San
11-12 Antonio;
11-13 (C) The University of Texas Graduate School of
11-14 Biomedical Sciences at San Antonio;
11-15 (D) The University of Texas School of Allied
11-16 Health Sciences at San Antonio; and
11-17 (E) The University of Texas School of Nursing at
11-18 San Antonio;
11-19 (9) [(11)] The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
11-20 Cancer Center, including:
11-21 (A) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
11-22 Hospital;
11-23 (B) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Tumor
11-24 Institute; and
11-25 (C) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson
11-26 Science Park.
11-27 SECTION 9. Chapter 70, Education Code, is amended to read as
12-1 follows:
12-2 CHAPTER 70. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
12-3 Sec. 70.01. UNIVERSITY AUTHORIZED. The Board of Regents of
12-4 The University of Texas System shall establish and maintain a
12-5 state-supported general academic teaching institution of higher
12-6 education with campuses located in Dallas and Arlington to be known
12-7 as The University of Texas at Dallas. The university may maintain
12-8 a medical branch in Dallas to be known as the Southwestern Medical
12-9 Center of The University of Texas at Dallas.
12-10 Sec. 70.02. [LOCATION. The board shall locate The University
12-11 of Texas at Dallas on a site, to be selected in Dallas County,
12-12 consisting of not less than 250 acres of land that shall be donated
12-13 for that purpose without cost to the State of Texas. The site may
12-14 extend into any county adjacent to Dallas County.]
12-15 [Sec. 70.03.] COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may
12-16 prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading
12-17 American universities and may award those degrees. It is the
12-18 intent of the legislature that those degrees include bachelor's,
12-19 master's, and doctor's degrees, and their equivalents.
12-20 (b) No department, school, or degree program shall be
12-21 instituted except with the prior approval of the Coordinating
12-22 Board, Texas College and University System, or its successor.
12-23 [(c) Initial programs and departments shall be limited to
12-24 those which existed in the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies on
12-25 September 1, 1969. Approval of these programs, their expansion,
12-26 and initiation of other programs shall be recommended by the board
12-27 of regents and approved by the coordinating board.]
13-1 Sec. 70.03 [70.04]. RULES AND REGULATIONS; JOINT
13-2 APPOINTMENTS. The board may adopt [other] rules [and regulations]
13-3 for the operation, control, and management of the university that
13-4 are necessary for the conduct of the university as one of the first
13-5 class. The board is specifically authorized to make joint
13-6 appointments in the university and in other institutions under its
13-7 governance. The salary of any person who receives a joint
13-8 appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on
13-9 the basis of services rendered.
13-10 Sec. 70.04 [70.05]. PROGRAMS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES. It is
13-11 the intent of the legislature that existing programs leading to
13-12 undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of North
13-13 Texas, Texas Woman's University, and Texas A&M University--Commerce
13-14 [East Texas State University, and The University of Texas at
13-15 Arlington] shall never be placed at a disadvantage, curtailed, or
13-16 restricted from orderly and proper expansion for any cause
13-17 attributable to the establishment of, or the curricular objectives
13-18 for, The University of Texas at Dallas; and that these universities
13-19 shall not, as a result of the establishment of The University of
13-20 Texas at Dallas, be handicapped in realizing their full potentials
13-21 in quantity or quality for developing additional undergraduate and
13-22 graduate programs which may from time to time be authorized by the
13-23 coordinating board.
13-24 Sec. 70.05 [70.07]. GRANTS AND GIFTS. The board may accept
13-25 and administer, on terms and conditions satisfactory to it, grants
13-26 or gifts of property, including real estate or money, that may be
13-27 tendered to it in aid of the planning, establishment, conduct, and
14-1 operation of The University of Texas at Dallas, and in aid of the
14-2 research and teaching at the university. The board may accept from
14-3 the federal government or any foundation, trust fund, corporation,
14-4 or individual donations, gifts, and grants, including real estate,
14-5 buildings, libraries, laboratories, apparatus, equipment, records,
14-6 leases, or money for the use and benefit of the university. Before
14-7 acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations of real property, the
14-8 board shall secure the opinion of the attorney general on the title
14-9 of the real property to be conveyed.
14-10 Sec. 70.06. LEASE OF LAND FOR HOSPITAL, ETC. (a) The board
14-11 may lease to nonprofit charitable, scientific, or educational
14-12 corporations organized under the laws of this state, or to any
14-13 governmental agency or agencies, a tract or tracts of land situated
14-14 in Dallas County out of land previously deeded by Southwestern
14-15 Medical Foundation to the State of Texas.
14-16 (b) A lease under this section shall be on the terms,
14-17 conditions, and provisions and for a period of years determined by
14-18 the board. No lease shall be for a term of more than 99 years.
14-19 (c) A lease under this section shall be made only to a
14-20 nonprofit corporation or governmental agency for the purpose of
14-21 constructing, maintaining, and operating a hospital, hospitals, or
14-22 public health centers and services, or for the purpose of
14-23 constructing, maintaining, and operating dormitories and housing
14-24 facilities for students attending the medical school or persons
14-25 employed by and in institutions located on the property.
14-26 (d) In no event shall the State of Texas or The University
14-27 of Texas System be liable, directly or indirectly, for any expense
15-1 or cost in connection with the construction, operation, and
15-2 maintenance of any building or other improvement placed on the
15-3 leased premises by any lessee.
15-4 [Sec. 70.08. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS. (a) The board of
15-5 regents of The University of Texas System may provide for the
15-6 admission and enrollment of not more than 2,000 entering freshman
15-7 students at The University of Texas at Dallas.]
15-8 [(b) The board may provide for the admission of
15-9 undergraduate transfer students with less than 54 semester hours of
15-10 college credit at The University of Texas at Dallas as provided by
15-11 this section. The board shall control the admission and enrollment
15-12 of entering freshmen and of undergraduate transfer students with
15-13 less than 54 semester hours of college credit in a manner that
15-14 ensures that the enrollment of students classified as freshmen and
15-15 sophomores at the institution does not exceed 5,000, except as
15-16 provided by Subsection (c) of this section.]
15-17 [(c) For each academic year, in addition to the enrollments
15-18 targeted by the academic plan for that academic year, The
15-19 University of Texas at Dallas may admit an additional number of