S.B. No. 974
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the name of Texas State University--San Marcos.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 96,
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C.  TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY[--SAN MARCOS]
         SECTION 2.  Section 96.41, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 96.41.  TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY[--SAN MARCOS]. Texas
  State University[--San Marcos] is a coeducational institution of
  higher education with campuses located in the city of San Marcos and
  in the city of Round Rock. The university [It] is under the
  management and control of the Board of Regents, Texas State
  University System.
         SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 54.511, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may charge each student enrolled at Texas State
  University[--San Marcos] a fee initially set at $10 per semester or
  $5 per six-week summer term to be used to finance bus service for
  students attending the institution.
         SECTION 4.  Subsection (a), Section 54.5381, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student
  enrolled at a component institution of the Texas State University
  System, other than Texas State University[--San Marcos], in an
  amount not to exceed:
               (1)  $8.75 per semester credit hour for each regular
  semester; and
               (2)  $4.50 per semester credit hour for each summer
  session.
         SECTION 5.  The heading to Section 54.5382, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.5382.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE:  TEXAS STATE
  UNIVERSITY[--SAN MARCOS].
         SECTION 6.  Subsection (a), Section 54.5382, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student
  enrolled at Texas State University[--San Marcos] in an amount not
  to exceed:
               (1)  $8.75 per semester credit hour for each regular
  semester; and
               (2)  $4.50 per semester credit hour for each summer
  session.
         SECTION 7.  Subsection (a), Section 55.1724, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the other authority granted by this
  subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
  enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities,
  roads, or related infrastructure for the following institutions to
  be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this
  subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing
  program adopted by the board in aggregate principal amounts not to
  exceed the following:
               (1)  Lamar University--Beaumont, $8 million;
               (2)  Lamar Institute of Technology, $2 million;
               (3)  Lamar State College--Orange, $3.5 million;
               (4)  Lamar State College--Port Arthur, $2.75 million;
               (5)  Sam Houston State University, $7.5 million;
               (6)  Texas State University[--San Marcos], $19.7
  million; and
               (7)  Sul Ross State University, $17.5 million.
         SECTION 8.  Subsection (a), Section 55.1734, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the other authority granted by this
  subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may issue in accordance with this subchapter and in
  accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by
  the board bonds for the following institutions not to exceed the
  following aggregate principal amounts to finance projects
  specified as follows:
               (1)  Lamar University--Beaumont, $21,792,096 to
  renovate and repair campus buildings;
               (2)  Lamar Institute of Technology, $5,301,960 to
  renovate Gentry Hall and convert it to classroom and laboratory
  use;
               (3)  Lamar State College--Orange, $2,125,000 for
  campus landscaping, renovation of the old library for physical
  plant purposes, renovation of the Main Building and Electronics
  Commerce Resource Center, and demolition of the old physical plant
  building;
               (4)  Lamar State College--Port Arthur, $7,650,000 to
  construct a performing arts and classroom building and to expand
  the Gates Memorial Library and develop an adjacent plaza;
               (5)  Sam Houston State University, $18 million to
  renovate and expand the Farrington Building;
               (6)  Texas State University[--San Marcos], $18,436,500
  to construct a business building; and
               (7)  Sul Ross State University, $15,175,000 to renovate
  and expand the range animal science facility and science building
  annex and to carry out other building renovations.
         SECTION 9.  Subsection (a), Section 55.1754, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the other authority granted by this
  subchapter, the board of regents of the Texas State University
  System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
  enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related
  infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of
  bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a
  systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board for the
  following institutions not to exceed the following aggregate
  principal amounts for the projects specified as follows:
               (1)  Lamar University, $4,500,000 for renovations and
  additions to the Lucas Engineering Building;
               (2)  Lamar State College--Orange, $1,837,280 for
  Hibernia Bank Building acquisition and renovation;
               (3)  Lamar State College--Port Arthur, $1,849,500 for a
  computer/learning center;
               (4)  Texas State University[--San Marcos]:
                     (A)  $42,700,000 for an undergraduate academic
  center; and
                     (B)  $36 million for facilities for the Round Rock
  Higher Education Center in Williamson County (phase II); and
               (5)  Sam Houston State University, $10 million for the
  construction of a center for the performing arts (phase I).
         SECTION 10.  Subdivision (3), Section 61.003, Education
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "General academic teaching institution" means The
  University of Texas at Austin; The University of Texas at El Paso;
  The University of Texas of the Permian Basin; The University of
  Texas at Dallas; The University of Texas at San Antonio; Texas A&M
  University, Main University; The University of Texas at Arlington;
  Tarleton State University; Prairie View A&M University; Texas
  Maritime Academy; Texas Tech University; University of North Texas;
  Lamar University; Lamar State College--Orange; Lamar State
  College--Port Arthur; Texas A&M University--Kingsville; Texas A&M
  University--Corpus Christi; Texas Woman's University; Texas
  Southern University; Midwestern State University; University of
  Houston; University of Texas--Pan American; The University of Texas
  at Brownsville; Texas A&M University--Commerce; Sam Houston State
  University; Texas State University[--San Marcos]; West Texas A&M
  University; Stephen F. Austin State University; Sul Ross State
  University; Angelo State University; The University of Texas at
  Tyler; and any other college, university, or institution so
  classified as provided in this chapter or created and so
  classified, expressly or impliedly, by law.
         SECTION 11.  Subsection (a), Section 62.021, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
  fiscal year ending August 31, 2011, an eligible institution is
  entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this
  section from the funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a),
  Article VII, Texas Constitution.  The comptroller shall distribute
  funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a
  claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071,
  Government Code.  An eligible institution may not present a claim to
  be paid from any funds allocated under this subsection before the
  delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII,
  Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest
  on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published
  library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government
  Code.  The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in
  accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following
  elements:  space deficit, facilities condition, institutional
  complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical
  College System.  The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as
  follows:
               (1)  $3,559,433 to Midwestern State University;
               (2)  $27,846,476 to the University of North Texas;
               (3)  $8,771,265 to the University of North Texas Health
  Science Center at Fort Worth;
               (4)  $12,311,123 to The University of Texas--Pan
  American;
               (5)  $5,057,420 to The University of Texas at
  Brownsville;
               (6)  $8,425,937 to Stephen F. Austin State University;
               (7)  to the following component institutions of the
  Texas State University System:
                     (A)  $8,330,933 to Lamar University;
                     (B)  $2,332,463 to the Lamar Institute of
  Technology;
                     (C)  $1,235,752 to Lamar State College--Orange;
                     (D)  $1,244,694 to Lamar State College--Port
  Arthur;
                     (E)  $11,893,110 to Sam Houston State University;
                     (F)  $21,863,258 to Texas State University[--San
  Marcos];
                     (G)  $1,625,061 to Sul Ross State University; and
                     (H)  $445,380 to Sul Ross State University-Rio
  Grande College;
               (8)  $8,894,700 to Texas Southern University;
               (9)  to the following component institutions of the
  Texas Tech University System:
                     (A)  $23,936,088 to Texas Tech University;
                     (B)  $16,973,569 to Texas Tech University Health
  Sciences Center; and
                     (C)  $3,743,027 to Angelo State University;
               (10)  $10,169,695 to Texas Woman's University;
               (11)  to the following component institutions of the
  University of Houston System:
                     (A)  $35,885,768 to the University of Houston;
                     (B)  $2,393,921 to the University of
  Houston--Victoria;
                     (C)  $5,214,167 to the University of
  Houston--Clear Lake; and
                     (D)  $7,435,238 to the University of
  Houston--Downtown;
               (12)  to the following component institutions of The
  Texas A&M University System:
                     (A)  $7,139,067 to Texas A&M University--Corpus
  Christi;
                     (B)  $3,796,436 to Texas A&M International
  University;
                     (C)  $5,046,885 to Texas A&M
  University--Kingsville;
                     (D)  $4,652,995 to West Texas A&M University;
                     (E)  $5,193,232 to Texas A&M
  University--Commerce; and
                     (F)  $1,307,907 to Texas A&M
  University--Texarkana; and
               (13)  $5,775,000 to the Texas State Technical College
  System Administration and the following component campuses, but not
  its extension centers or programs:
                     (A)  Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;
                     (B)  Texas State Technical College--Marshall;
                     (C)  Texas State Technical College--West Texas;
  and
                     (D)  Texas State Technical College--Waco.
         SECTION 12.  Section 411.050, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 411.050.  CRIME STATISTIC MAPPING. The department, in
  conjunction with Texas State University[--San Marcos], may
  annually produce maps of the state that include information
  regarding crime statistics correlated with the various regions of
  the state.
         SECTION 13.  (a)  The name of Texas State University--San
  Marcos is changed to Texas State University.
         (b)  A reference in law to Texas State University--San Marcos
  means Texas State University.
         (c)  An appropriation for the use and benefit of Texas State
  University--San Marcos is available for the use and benefit of
  Texas State University.
         (d)  The board of regents of the Texas State University
  System and Texas State University--San Marcos shall ensure that the
  change of the name made by this Act is implemented with as little
  unnecessary cost as possible. The university shall, to the maximum
  extent practicable, use all stationery and other consumable
  supplies that are printed with the institution's former name and
  are in its possession on the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 14.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 974 passed the Senate on
  April 10, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 974 passed the House on
  April 25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor