H.B. No. 1913
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the required qualifications for serving as president of
  the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
  and to the prohibition against the award of certain degrees by the
  center's governing board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 105.102(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board shall appoint a president of each component
  institution who serves as chief executive officer of the
  institution. [The president of the University of North Texas
  Health Science Center at Fort Worth must be a licensed physician who
  possesses a doctor of osteopathy degree from an accredited college
  of osteopathic medicine and must have been licensed to practice
  medicine in a state of the United States for at least five years.]
         SECTION 2.  Section 105.402, Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1913 was passed by the House on April
  25, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1913 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor