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AN ACT
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relating to the required qualifications for serving as president of |
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the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth |
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and to the prohibition against the award of certain degrees by the |
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center's governing board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 105.102(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The board shall appoint a president of each component |
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institution who serves as chief executive officer of the |
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institution. [The president of the University of North Texas
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Health Science Center at Fort Worth must be a licensed physician who
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possesses a doctor of osteopathy degree from an accredited college
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of osteopathic medicine and must have been licensed to practice
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medicine in a state of the United States for at least five years.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 105.402, Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1913 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1913 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |