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                                                                  H.B. No. 495




AN ACT

relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general 
academic teaching institution.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 87.861(d), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, 
Texas A&M University--Central Texas may not operate as a general 
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Tarleton State 
University System Center--Central Texas in Killeen has reached an 
enrollment equivalent of 1,000 [2,500] full-time students for one 
semester.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 495 was passed by the House on April 
22, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 495 on May 26, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 
present, not voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 495 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 23, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor