Bill Text: TX HB1997 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding establishing a public law school as a professional school of The University of Texas at El Paso.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1997 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1997-Introduced.html
88R6999 MM-D | ||
By: Ortega | H.B. No. 1997 |
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relating to a study regarding establishing a public law school as a | ||
professional school of The University of Texas at El Paso. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. FEASIBILITY STUDY. (a) The president of The | ||
University of Texas at El Paso shall designate a department or | ||
entity at the university to conduct a study to examine the need for | ||
and feasibility of establishing a school of law as a professional | ||
school of The University of Texas at El Paso. The department or | ||
entity may seek the assistance of outside experts or consultants, | ||
as necessary. | ||
(b) The study must: | ||
(1) assess the need for establishing an institution | ||
described by Subsection (a) of this section; | ||
(2) include a financial plan for establishing an | ||
institution described by Subsection (a) of this section, including | ||
the cost associated with establishing the institution; and | ||
(3) examine the feasibility of establishing an | ||
institution described by Subsection (a) of this section, including | ||
the projected timeline for accreditation of the institution. | ||
SECTION 2. REPORT. (a) The department or entity at The | ||
University of Texas at El Paso designated to conduct the study under | ||
Section 1 of this Act shall prepare a written report summarizing the | ||
results of the study. The report must also: | ||
(1) identify the challenges related to establishing a | ||
school of law as a professional school of The University of Texas at | ||
El Paso; | ||
(2) include recommendations for legislative or other | ||
action; and | ||
(3) include any other matter the department or entity | ||
considers appropriate. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2024, the department or | ||
entity described by Subsection (a) of this section shall submit the | ||
report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
SECTION 3. FUNDING. The department or entity at The | ||
University of Texas at El Paso designated to conduct the study under | ||
Section 1 of this Act may use money appropriated by the legislature | ||
or otherwise available for the purpose to pay for any costs | ||
associated with conducting the study and with preparing the report | ||
required by Section 2 of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 1, 2024. | ||
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
1, 2023. |