Bill Text: TX HB1256 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the selection process for student members of the board of regents of a state university or state university system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1256-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Sheffield | H.B. No. 1256 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1256: | |||
| By: Turner of Tarrant | C.S.H.B. No. 1256 | ||
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| relating to the selection process for student members of the board | ||
| of regents of a state university or state university system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.355(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), not later than | ||
| November 1 of each year, the student government of each general | ||
| academic teaching institution and medical and dental unit in a | ||
| university system shall solicit applicants for appointment to the | ||
| next regular term of the position of student regent. Not later than | ||
| January 1, from among the applications received by the student | ||
| government, the student government shall select five applicants as | ||
| the student government's recommendations for the position of | ||
| student regent and send the applications of those applicants to the | ||
| chancellor of the university system. From among those applicants, | ||
| the chancellor shall select two or more applicants as the | ||
| university system's recommendations for the position of student | ||
| regent and shall send the applications of those applicants to the | ||
| governor not later than February 1. The governor may request to | ||
| review all applications for the position of student regent received | ||
| by the student governments and may request an applicant to submit | ||
| additional information to the governor. On June 1, or as soon | ||
| thereafter as practicable, the governor shall appoint one of the | ||
| applicants to serve as the student regent for the system for a | ||
| one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The governor is not | ||
| required to appoint an applicant recommended by the chancellor, but | ||
| may not appoint a student regent who did not submit an application | ||
| to the student government of a general academic teaching | ||
| institution or medical and dental unit in the system as described by | ||
| this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.356(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (d) Not later than November 1 of each year, the student | ||
| government of the general academic teaching institution shall | ||
| solicit applicants for appointment to the next regular term of the | ||
| position of student regent. Not later than January 1, from among | ||
| the applications received by the student government, the student | ||
| government shall select five applicants as the student government's | ||
| recommendations for the position of student regent and send the | ||
| applications of those applicants to the president of the | ||
| institution. From among those applicants, the president shall | ||
| select two or more applicants as the institution's recommendations | ||
| for the position of student regent and shall send the applications | ||
| of those applicants to the governor not later than February 1. The | ||
| governor may request to review all applications for the position of | ||
| student regent received by the student government and may request | ||
| an applicant to submit additional information to the governor. On | ||
| June 1, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the governor shall | ||
| appoint one of the applicants to serve as the student regent for the | ||
| institution for a one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The | ||
| governor is not required to appoint an applicant recommended by the | ||
| president, but may not appoint a student regent who did not submit | ||
| an application to the student government of the institution as | ||
| described by this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 51.355(c) and 51.356(d), Education | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act, are intended only to clarify existing | ||
| law with respect to the appointment of student members of the board | ||
| of regents of a state university or state university system. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2015. | ||
