84R13424 KJE-D
	By: Seliger	S.B. No. 1191

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional
	appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher
	education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 62.021, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (e-2) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2016 [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)  $5,069,204 [$3,559,433] to Midwestern State
	University;
	(2)  to the following component institutions of the
	University of North Texas System:
	(A)  $37,563,802 [$27,846,476] to the University
	of North Texas;
	(B)  $17,132,227 [(3)  $8,771,265] to the
	University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and
	(C)  $2,119,741 to the University of North Texas
	at Dallas, $203,390 of which must be used for the University of
	North Texas at Dallas College of Law;
	(3)  $11,657,164 [(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;
	(4) [(7)]  to the following component institutions of
	the Texas State University System:
	(A)  $14,142,291 [$8,330,933] to Lamar
	University;
	(B)  $2,590,723 [$2,332,463] to the Lamar
	Institute of Technology;
	(C)  $1,696,670 [$1,235,752] to Lamar State
	College--Orange;
	(D)  $2,165,220 [$1,244,694] to Lamar State
	College--Port Arthur;
	(E)  $17,374,106 [$11,893,110] to Sam Houston
	State University;
	(F)  $37,420,804 [$21,863,258] to Texas State
	University;
	(G)  $2,135,523 [$1,625,061] to Sul Ross State
	University; and
	(H)  $410,738 [$445,380] to Sul Ross State
	University-Rio Grande College;
	(5) $11,695,891 [(8) $8,894,700] to Texas Southern
	University;
	(6) [(9)]  to the following component institutions of
	the Texas Tech University System:
	(A)  $49,396,605 [$23,936,088] to Texas Tech
	University;
	(B)  $23,390,520 [$16,973,569] to Texas Tech
	University Health Sciences Center; [and]
	(C)  $5,320,102 [$3,743,027] to Angelo State
	University; and
	(D)  $5,988,556 to Texas Tech University Health
	Sciences Center--El Paso;
	(7)  $14,885,630 [(10)  $10,169,695] to Texas Woman's
	University;
	(8) [(11)]  to the following component institutions of
	the University of Houston System:
	(A)  $52,456,505 [$35,885,768] to the University
	of Houston;
	(B)  $4,101,356 [$2,393,921] to the University of
	Houston--Victoria;
	(C)  $8,016,974 [$5,214,167] to the University of
	Houston--Clear Lake; and
	(D)  $11,761,415 [$7,435,238] to the University
	of Houston--Downtown;
	(9) [(12)]  to the following component institutions of
	The Texas A&M University System:
	(A)  $11,080,666 [$7,139,067] to Texas A&M
	University--Corpus Christi;
	(B)  $6,734,524 [$3,796,436] to Texas A&M
	International University;
	(C)  $8,972,444 [$5,046,885] to Texas A&M
	University--Kingsville;
	(D)  $7,164,408 [$4,652,995] to West Texas A&M
	University;
	(E)  $10,815,244 [$5,193,232] to Texas A&M
	University--Commerce; and
	(F)  $1,828,447 [$1,307,907] to Texas A&M
	University--Texarkana; and
	(10)  $8,662,500 [(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.
	(e)  Whereas the University of North Texas at Dallas was
	created as an institution of higher education by Chapter 25 (S.B.
	576), Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, which
	was approved by a vote of more than two-thirds of the membership of
	each house of the legislature, and was certified by the
	coordinating board to operate as a general academic teaching
	institution in April 2009, the University of North Texas at Dallas
	is entitled to participate in the funding provided by Section 17,
	Article VII, Texas Constitution[, as soon as the University of
	North Texas at Dallas operates as a general academic teaching
	institution].  Whereas the University of North Texas at Dallas
	College of Law, which was previously designated by Chapter 1213
	(S.B. 956), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, as
	an institution of higher education until such time the University
	of North Texas at Dallas had been in operation as a general academic
	teaching institution for a period of five years, now operates as a
	professional school within the University of North Texas at Dallas
	as a result of the expiration of that period, the allocation to the
	University of North Texas at Dallas under this section includes an
	amount attributable to the University of North Texas at Dallas
	College of Law as a part of the university.
	(e-2)  Whereas The University of Texas-Pan American and The
	University of Texas at Brownsville were consolidated into a general
	academic teaching institution that is excluded from participation
	in the funding provided by Section 17, Article VII, Texas
	Constitution, by Chapter 726 (S.B. 24), Acts of the 83rd
	Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, which was approved by a vote of
	more than two-thirds of the membership of each house of the
	legislature, The University of Texas-Pan American and The
	University of Texas at Brownsville are omitted from the allocation
	of funds under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 62.024, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 62.024.  AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED. In accordance
	with Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for each state
	fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31,
	2016 [2008], the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation
	under that subsection is increased to $393.75 [$262.5] million.
	SECTION 3.  Section 62.027(c), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  The increase provided by the amendment to Section 62.024
	enacted by the 84th [79th] Legislature, Regular Session, 2015
	[2005], in the amount of the appropriation made under Section
	17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for each state fiscal year
	beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2016 [2008],
	constitutes the increase in accordance with Section 17(a) that the
	legislature considers appropriate for the five-year period
	beginning September 1, 2015 [2005].
	SECTION 4.  The amounts allocated under Section 62.021,
	Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply to each state fiscal
	year beginning with the state fiscal year beginning September 1,
	2015.
	SECTION 5.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section, this Act takes effect August 31, 2015.
	(b)  Sections 2 and 3 of this Act take effect only if this Act
	is approved by a vote of two-thirds of the membership of each house
	of the legislature as required by Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas
	Constitution.