S.B. No. 1126

	AN ACT
	relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas
	Woman's University System.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 107, Education Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 107. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
	SECTION 2.  Section 107.01, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.01.  TEXAS WOMAN'S [LOCATION AND PURPOSE OF]
	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  The Texas Woman's University System is a
	woman-focused system composed of:
	(1)  Texas Woman's University; and
	(2)  any other institution assigned by law to the
	governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of the board of
	regents of the system [an institution of higher education for women
	with its main campus at Denton].
	SECTION 3.  Section 107.21, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.21.  BOARD OF REGENTS.  (a) The board of regents of
	the system [university] is composed of nine persons, four of whom
	must [shall] be women, appointed by the governor with the advice and
	consent of the senate.
	(b)  Each member of the board must [shall] be a qualified
	voter,[;] and the members must [shall] be selected from different
	portions of the state.
	(c)  The members hold office for staggered terms of six
	years, with the terms of three expiring February 1 of odd-numbered
	years.
	SECTION 4.  Section 107.23, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.23.  BOARD MEETINGS; MINUTES.  The presiding
	officer shall convene the board to consider any business connected
	with the system [university] whenever the presiding officer deems
	it expedient. A full record shall be kept of all the board's
	proceedings.
	SECTION 5.  Section 107.42, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.42.  STAFF. (a) The board shall appoint a chief
	executive officer [president] of the system [university] and other
	officers and employees it deems proper and shall fix their
	salaries.
	(b)  The chief executive officer of the system shall also
	serve as the president of Texas Woman's University.
	(c)  The board shall make rules and regulations for the
	government of the system's [university's] staff as it deems
	advisable.
	SECTION 6.  Section 107.44, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.44.  RULES AND REGULATIONS. The board shall adopt
	rules and regulations it deems necessary to carry out the purposes
	of the system [institution] and to enforce the faithful discharge
	of the duties of all officers, professors, and students.
	SECTION 7.  Section 107.45(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The board of regents has the power of eminent domain to
	acquire for the use of the system [university] in the manner
	prescribed by Chapter 21, Property Code, any real property that may
	be necessary and proper for carrying out its purposes.
	SECTION 8.  Section 107.46, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.46.  GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.  The board is
	specifically authorized, upon terms and conditions acceptable to
	it, to accept, retain, and administer gifts, grants, or donations
	of any kind, including real estate or money, from any source, for
	use by the system [university], and to carry out the directions,
	limitations, and provisions declared in writing in the gifts,
	grants, or donations.
	SECTION 9.  Subchapter C, Chapter 107, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 107.47 to read as follows:
	Sec. 107.47.  REPORT ON TRANSITION OF BRANCH LOCATIONS TO
	COMPONENT INSTITUTIONS. (a)  Not later than December 1, 2022, the
	system shall, using available funding, prepare and submit to the
	governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
	representatives, and the chairs of the standing legislative
	committees with primary jurisdiction over appropriations or higher
	education a report on the transition of the Texas Woman's
	University branch locations at Dallas and Houston to component
	institutions of the system.  The report must include:
	(1)  a strategy for each branch location to attain
	accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
	Commission on Colleges;
	(2)  a strategy for improvement and expansion of
	facilities, if needed, at each branch location that does not
	include the use of additional state funding;
	(3)  proposed degree programs to be offered by each
	branch location that will meet the requirements for approval by the
	Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the estimated
	additional state costs associated with those programs; and
	(4)  any anticipated increase in administrative costs
	associated with the transition, including any personnel costs
	required to attain accreditation described by Subdivision (1).
	(b)  This section expires January 1, 2023.
	SECTION 10.  Section 107.62, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.62.  OBLIGATIONS; PLEDGE OF REVENUE.  In payment
	for the erecting and equipping of dormitories and improvements, the
	board may issue its obligations in the amount and on the terms
	deemed advisable by the board. As security the board may pledge the
	income from the dormitories and improvements erected or from other
	dormitories owned by the system [university], as well as all other
	revenue derived by the system [university] from other sources,
	except revenue derived by means of appropriations made for a
	specific purpose by the legislature.
	SECTION 11.  Section 107.63, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.63.  SALE OF REAL ESTATE. The board may sell or
	encumber any part of [the campus or] real property [estate] owned by
	the system [university] for the purpose of obtaining funds with
	which to erect and equip these improvements or for the purpose of
	securing the payment of its obligations issued to any person, firm,
	or corporation for the erecting or equipping of these improvements.
	SECTION 12.  Section 107.64, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.64.  REQUIRED DORMITORY RESIDENCE. The board may
	adopt regulations it deems reasonable requiring any class or
	classes of students to reside in system [university] dormitories or
	other buildings.
	SECTION 13.  Section 107.65, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.65.  MANAGEMENT OF DORMITORIES. The board has
	absolute and sole management and control of system [university]
	dormitories and other improvements.
	SECTION 14.  Section 107.67, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.67.  LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS. In the erecting,
	or in contracts for the erecting, of dormitories and other
	improvements, the board may not in any manner incur any
	indebtedness against the system [university] except as provided in
	Sections 107.62 and 107.63 [of this code]. The obligations
	incurred in the erecting of dormitories and other improvements may
	never be personal obligations of the system [university] but shall
	be discharged solely from the revenue or property authorized to be
	pledged for that purpose.
	SECTION 15.  Section 107.69(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The board may establish an historical collection of
	items illustrating the history of women in Texas. The historical
	collection is to be housed in a building belonging to the system
	[university] and is to be known as "The History of Texas Women."
	When established, the historical collection may be designated a
	state historical collection and shall be for the use and enjoyment
	of all citizens of Texas.
	SECTION 16.  Section 107.81(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Campus security personnel commissioned under Section
	51.203 [of this code] have concurrent jurisdiction with police
	officers of a municipality in which a component institution of the
	system is located [the City of Denton] to enforce all criminal laws,
	including traffic laws, of the state and all ordinances of the
	municipality [city] regulating traffic on any public street running
	through the property of the system [university] and on any public
	street immediately adjacent to property owned or occupied and
	controlled by the system [university].
	SECTION 17.  Sections 107.82(a), (c), (d), and (e),
	Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board of regents and the governing body of a
	municipality in which a component institution of the system is
	located [city council of Denton] may enter into written agreements,
	authorized by resolution of each governing body, to authorize the
	regular employed peace officers of the system [university] to
	assist the peace officers of the municipality [city] in enforcing
	the laws of the state and the ordinances of the municipality [city]
	at any location in the municipality [city].
	(c)  While acting pursuant to the agreement in Subsection (a)
	[above] and when such act is outside the property of the system
	[university] or outside any public street running through, adjacent
	to, or within property owned or occupied and controlled by the
	system [university], the peace officers of the system [university]
	are under the jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the
	municipality [Denton].
	(d)  Neither the state nor the system [university] is liable
	for actions of a campus police officer acting under the
	jurisdiction and command of the chief of police of the municipality
	[Denton].
	(e)  The system has [university shall have] jurisdiction
	over its personnel and students upon property owned by the system
	[university] to the extent that it may:
	(1)  assign and regulate parking spaces for its use and
	charge and collect appropriate fees for parking and improper
	parking;
	(2)  prohibit parking where it deems necessary; and
	(3)  set and collect fees for and remove vehicles
	parked in violation of its rules and regulations or the laws of the
	State of Texas.
	SECTION 18.  Section 107.83, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.83.  CITY DELEGATION OF PARKING REGULATION
	AUTHORITY. (a)  By contract between the municipality [city] and the
	system [university], the governing body [city council] of the
	municipality in which a component institution of the system is
	located [Denton] may delegate to the system [university] the
	authority to regulate the parking of vehicles on any public street
	running through or immediately adjacent to property owned or
	occupied and controlled by the system [university].
	(b)  The contract may authorize the system [university] to
	assign and regulate parking spaces for its use, to charge and
	collect a fee from its personnel and students for parking, to
	prohibit parking, and to charge and collect a fee for removing
	vehicles parked in violation of law or ordinance or in violation of
	a rule governing the parking of vehicles adopted by the board. All
	parking violations shall be filed in the municipal court [Municipal
	Court of Denton] or the justice of the peace court having
	jurisdiction over the offense.
	(c)  Before the contract is considered by the governing body
	of the municipality [city council] or the board, the attorney
	general and the applicable city attorney [of Denton] shall review
	and either approve the contract or file written legal objections to
	the contract with the chief executive officer of both the board and
	the governing body of the municipality [council]. The contract
	must be approved by resolution of the board and the governing body
	of the municipality [city council].
	SECTION 19.  Section 107.84, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 107.84.  CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
	does not:
	(1)  limit the police powers of a municipality [the
	city] or its law enforcement jurisdiction;
	(2)  render a campus peace officer an employee of a
	municipality [the city] or entitle a campus peace officer to
	compensation from a municipality [the city]; or
	(3)  restrict the power of the system [university]
	under other law to enforce laws, ordinances, or rules regulating
	traffic or parking.
	SECTION 20.  Chapter 107, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapters F, G, and H to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER F. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
	Sec. 107.101.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY.  (a)  Texas Woman's
	University is a woman-focused general academic teaching
	institution located in the city of Denton.
	(b)  The university is under the management and control of
	the board of regents.
	SUBCHAPTER G. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT DALLAS
	Sec. 107.151.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT DALLAS.  (a)
	Texas Woman's University at Dallas is a woman-focused general
	academic teaching institution located in the city of Dallas.
	(b)  The university is under the management and control of
	the board of regents.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
	the university may operate as a general academic teaching
	institution only after the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
	Board certifies that the university is accredited by the Southern
	Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and has
	been approved by the coordinating board to offer one or more degree
	programs. Until the coordinating board certifies that the
	conditions of this subsection have been met, the board of regents
	may operate a branch campus of Texas Woman's University in the city
	of Dallas.
	SUBCHAPTER H. TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT HOUSTON
	Sec. 107.201.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY AT HOUSTON.  (a)
	Texas Woman's University at Houston is a woman-focused general
	academic teaching institution located in the city of Houston.
	(b)  The university is under the management and control of
	the board of regents.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
	the university may operate as a general academic teaching
	institution only after the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
	Board certifies that the university is accredited by the Southern
	Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and has
	been approved by the coordinating board to offer one or more degree
	programs. Until the coordinating board certifies that the
	conditions of this subsection have been met, the board of regents
	may operate a branch campus of Texas Woman's University in the city
	of Houston.
	SECTION 21.  Section 50A.010, Agriculture Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 50A.010.  DUTIES. (a) The council shall:
	(1)  adopt procedures as necessary to administer this
	chapter, including procedures for awarding contracts under this
	chapter;
	(2)  issue requests for research proposals and award
	grants:
	(A)  to enhance the health benefits of fruits and
	vegetables; or
	(B)  to help growers maximize crop yields through
	applied research;
	(3)  develop educational materials that promote the
	benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables; and
	(4)  in cooperation with the Texas Agricultural
	Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Tech
	University, The University of Texas System, the Texas Woman's
	University System, state agencies, and produce associations,
	develop innovative educational programs related to appropriate and
	safe methods of storing, preparing, and serving fresh produce.
	(b)  The council may:
	(1)  issue requests for proposals as necessary to
	administer this chapter; or
	(2)  publish educational materials or other materials
	developed in conjunction with employees of the Texas Agricultural
	Experiment Station, The Texas A&M University System, Texas Tech
	University, The University of Texas System, or the Texas Woman's
	University System.
	SECTION 22.  The heading to Section 54.5085, Education Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.5085.  MEDICAL SERVICES FEE; TEXAS WOMAN'S
	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.
	SECTION 23.  Sections 54.5085(a), (b), and (c), Education
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board of regents of the Texas Woman's University
	System may charge each student registered at a component
	institution of the system [university] a medical services fee not
	to exceed $55 for each semester of the regular term or 12-week
	summer session and not to exceed $25 for each six-week or shorter
	term of the summer session.
	(b)  Before the board imposes or increases a fee charged at a
	component institution under this section, the board shall consider
	the recommendations of a student fee advisory committee established
	by the president of the institution [university]. A majority of the
	members of the advisory committee must be students appointed by the
	presiding officer of the student governing body of the institution
	and the remainder of the members must be appointed by the president
	of the institution [university]. The board may increase the amount
	of the fee by an amount that is more than 10 percent of the amount
	imposed in the preceding academic year only if that increase is
	approved by a majority vote of those students of the institution
	[university] participating in a general election called for that
	purpose.
	(c)  A medical services fee charged at a component
	institution under this section may be used only to provide medical
	services to students registered at the institution [university].
	SECTION 24.  Section 54.525, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 54.525.  FEES FOR STUDENT CENTERS; TEXAS WOMAN'S
	UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPONENTS.  (a)  The board of regents of the
	Texas Woman's University System may levy a regular, fixed student
	fee of not less than $25 or more than $75 [per student] for each
	semester of the long session and of not less than $12.50 or more
	than $35 [per student] for each term of the summer session on each
	student enrolled at a component institution of the system, as the
	board determines is just and necessary for the purpose of
	financing, improving, operating, maintaining, and equipping
	student centers and acquiring or constructing additions to student
	centers.
	(b)  The board may increase a student fee levied at an
	institution under this section. If the increase is for more than $3
	per fiscal year, a majority of the students enrolled in the
	institution voting in an election called for that purpose must
	approve the increase.
	(c)  Revenue from a fee imposed at an institution under this
	section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the
	student center fee account ["Texas Woman's University Student
	Center Fee Account"] under the control of the institution's
	[university's] student fee advisory committee. Annually, the
	committee shall submit to the president of the institution
	[university] its recommendation for any change to the amount of the
	fee and a complete and itemized budget for the student center
	together with a complete report of all student center activities
	conducted during the past year and all expenditures made in
	connection with those activities. The president shall submit the
	budget to the board of regents as part of the institution's
	[university's] institutional budget. The board of regents may make
	changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the board may increase
	the amount of the fee imposed at an institution for a semester or
	summer session to an amount that does not exceed $150 if the
	increase is approved by a majority vote of those students enrolled
	at the institution participating in a general election called for
	that purpose. The increased amount under this subsection may not be
	charged after the fifth academic year in which the increased amount
	is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the
	institution has issued bonds payable from the fee, in which event
	the increased amount may not be charged after the academic year in
	which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds,
	have been fully paid.
	SECTION 25.  Section 54.5251, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 54.5251.  STUDENT FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL FEE; TEXAS
	WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  (a)  The board of regents of the Texas
	Woman's University System may charge each student enrolled at a
	component institution of the system [university] a student fitness
	and recreational fee in an amount not to exceed:
	(1)  $125 for each regular semester or each summer
	session of more than six weeks; or
	(2)  $62.50 for each summer session of six weeks or
	less.
	(b)  The fee may be used only for financing, constructing,
	operating, maintaining, or improving a fitness or recreational
	facility or for operating a fitness or recreational program at the
	institution [university].
	(c)  The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority
	vote of the students of the institution [university] who
	participate in a general student election held for that purpose.
	(d)  The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount
	that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as
	last approved by a student vote under Subsection (c) or this
	subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote
	of the students enrolled at the institution [university] who
	participate in a general student election called for that purpose.
	(e)  The chief fiscal officer of the institution
	[university] shall collect the fee and shall deposit the revenue
	from the fee in an account to be known as the student fitness and
	recreational account.
	(f)  The fee is not considered in determining the maximum
	amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section
	54.503.
	(g)  The board may permit a person who is not enrolled at the
	institution [university] to use a facility financed with revenue
	from the fee imposed at the institution under this section only if:
	(1)  the person's use will not materially interfere
	with use of the facility by students of the institution
	[university];
	(2)  the person is charged a fee in an amount that is
	not less than the amount of the student fee or the total amount of
	the direct and indirect costs to the institution [university] of
	providing for the person's use, except that a charge under this
	subdivision may not be imposed on a person who uses the facility
	under an existing lifetime contract with the institution
	[university] for the use of fitness and recreational facilities;
	and
	(3)  the person's use will not materially increase the
	potential liability of the institution [university].
	SECTION 26.  Section 55.1718, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 55.1718.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) The
	board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
	acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
	property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
	infrastructure for a component institution of the system [Texas
	Woman's University] to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
	accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amount
	of $5 million.
	(b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
	bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
	University System, including student tuition charges required or
	authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at a component
	institution of the system [Texas Woman's University]. The amount
	of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or
	abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
	issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
	SECTION 27.  Section 55.1726, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 55.1726.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  (a)  The
	board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
	acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
	property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related
	infrastructure for a component institution of the system [Texas
	Woman's University] to be financed by the issuance of bonds in
	accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal amount
	not to exceed $8.5 million.
	(b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
	bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
	University System, including student tuition charges required or
	authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at a component
	institution of the system [Texas Woman's University]. The amount
	of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or
	abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
	issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
	SECTION 28.  Section 55.1736, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 55.1736.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  (a)  In
	addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
	board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may issue
	bonds in accordance with this subchapter in the aggregate principal
	amount not to exceed $25,797,500 to finance the renovation of
	academic and administrative buildings at a component institution of
	the system [Texas Woman's University].
	(b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those
	bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of the Texas Woman's
	University System, including student tuition charges. The amount
	of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or
	abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds
	issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
	(c)  Any portion of the proceeds of bonds authorized by this
	section for one or more specified projects that is not required for
	the specified projects may be used to renovate existing structures
	and facilities at a component [the] institution of the system.
	SECTION 29.  Section 55.1756, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 55.1756.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  (a)  In
	addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
	board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
	acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
	facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for
	renovations and additions to the science building on the Denton
	campus of Texas Woman's University, to be financed through the
	issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter in an
	aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,739,712.
	(b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
	authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
	the Texas Woman's University System, including student tuition
	charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not
	be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
	made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
	SECTION 30.  Section 55.1786, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 55.1786.  TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY SYSTEM.  (a)  In
	addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the
	board of regents of the Texas Woman's University System may
	acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip
	property and facilities, including roads and related
	infrastructure, for a laboratory building, to be financed through
	the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter, not to
	exceed the aggregate principal amount of $37,997,000.
	(b)  The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds
	authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of
	the Texas Woman's University System, including student tuition
	charges. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not
	be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is
	made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding.
	SECTION 31.  Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
	fiscal year ending August 31, 2021, 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)  $4,933,200 to Midwestern State University;
	(2)  to the following component institutions of the
	University of North Texas System:
	(A)  $37,346,563 to the University of North Texas;
	(B)  $15,125,502 to the University of North Texas
	Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and
	(C)  $3,354,441 to the University of North Texas
	at Dallas;
	(3)  $11,277,793 to Stephen F. Austin State University;
	(4)  to the following component institutions of the
	Texas State University System:
	(A)  $13,141,181 to Lamar University;
	(B)  $2,553,130 to the Lamar Institute of
	Technology;
	(C)  $1,488,396 to Lamar State College--Orange;
	(D)  $2,217,102 to Lamar State College--Port
	Arthur;
	(E)  $18,236,811 to Sam Houston State University;
	(F)  $37,606,478 to Texas State University;
	(G)  $2,151,723 to Sul Ross State University; and
	(H)  $472,890 to Sul Ross State University-Rio
	Grande College;
	(5)  $11,719,335 to Texas Southern University;
	(6)  to the following component institutions of the
	Texas Tech University System:
	(A)  $49,874,746 to Texas Tech University;
	(B)  $21,652,392 to Texas Tech University Health
	Sciences Center;
	(C)  $6,792,999 to Angelo State University; and
	(D)  $5,557,572 to Texas Tech University Health
	Sciences Center--El Paso;
	(7)  $14,554,133 to the component institutions of the
	Texas Woman's University System, allocated as determined by the
	board of regents of the system;
	(8)  to the following component institutions of the
	University of Houston System:
	(A)  $54,514,004 to the University of Houston;
	(B)  $3,542,817 to the University of
	Houston--Victoria;
	(C)  $7,726,043 to the University of
	Houston--Clear Lake; and
	(D)  $10,828,344 to the University of
	Houston--Downtown;
	(9)  to the following component institutions of The
	Texas A&M University System:
	(A)  $11,478,824 to Texas A&M University--Corpus
	Christi;
	(B)  $7,462,394 to Texas A&M International
	University;
	(C)  $8,858,060 to Texas A&M
	University--Kingsville;
	(D)  $7,446,495 to West Texas A&M University;
	(E)  $11,123,859 to Texas A&M
	University--Commerce; and
	(F)  $2,050,273 to Texas A&M
	University--Texarkana; and
	(10)  $8,662,500 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;
	(D)  Texas State Technical College--Waco;
	(E)  Texas State Technical College--Fort Bend;
	and
	(F)  Texas State Technical College--North Texas.
	SECTION 32.  Section 301.001(1), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(1)  "Eligible institution" means an entity engaged in
	health-related pursuits that, except for cooperative associations,
	is exempt from federal income tax and includes only:
	(A)  a municipality;
	(B)  a political subdivision of the state;
	(C)  a state-supported health-related
	institution, including:
	(i)  The Texas A&M University System;
	(ii)  The University of Texas System; and
	(iii)  the Texas Woman's University System;
	(D)  a nonprofit health-related institution; or
	(E)  a cooperative association created under
	Subchapter B, a unit of which is located in a county with a
	population of more than 3.3 million.
	SECTION 33.  Section 301.031(1), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(1)  "Eligible institution" means an entity engaged in
	health-related pursuits that, except for cooperative associations,
	is exempt from federal income tax and includes only:
	(A)  a municipality;
	(B)  a political subdivision of the state;
	(C)  a health-related institution supported by
	the state or federal government or by a federal department,
	division, or agency, including:
	(i)  The Texas A&M University System;
	(ii)  The University of Texas System;
	(iii)  the Texas Woman's University System;
	and
	(iv)  the Children's Nutrition Research
	Center;
	(D)  a nonprofit health-related institution; and
	(E)  a cooperative association created to provide
	a system, a unit of which is located in a county that has a
	population of more than 1.3 million and in which a municipality with
	a population of more than one million is primarily located, or in a
	county contiguous to a county having those characteristics.
	SECTION 34.  (a)  The transition of Texas Woman's University
	to the Texas Woman's University System under this Act does not
	affect the validity of any contracts or written obligations,
	including bonds, entered into by the board of regents of Texas
	Woman's University on the university's behalf. In those contracts
	and written obligations, the board of regents of the Texas Woman's
	University System is substituted for and stands and acts in the
	place of the board of regents of Texas Woman's University to the
	extent permitted by law.
	(b)  The transition of Texas Woman's University to the Texas
	Woman's University System under this Act does not affect:
	(1)  the status of any student enrolled at the
	university when the transition takes effect; or
	(2)  the employment status or accrued benefits of any
	person employed by the university when the transition takes effect.
	(c)  All funds that, on the effective date of the transition,
	have been appropriated to or dedicated to or are held for the use
	and benefit of Texas Woman's University are transferred to the
	Texas Woman's University System for the use and benefit of the
	system to the extent permitted by law.
	(d)  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 55.1718,
	55.1726, 55.1736, 55.1756, and 55.1786, Education Code, do not
	authorize bonds in an amount that exceeds the original amount of
	bonds authorized by those sections.
	(e)  The board of regents of the Texas Woman's University
	System may take any action necessary to transition Texas Woman's
	University to the Texas Woman's University System under this Act,
	including by:
	(1)  allocating university funds, property, and
	personnel as the board determines appropriate between the system's
	component institutions; and
	(2)  postponing the effect of any other changes made by
	this Act as the board determines appropriate.
	SECTION 35.  Subchapters G and H, Chapter 107, Education
	Code, as added by this Act, apply beginning with the 2023-2024
	academic year.
	SECTION 36.  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, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1126 passed the Senate on
	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 13, 2021, by the
	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1126 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137,
	Nays 2, one present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor