Bill Text: TX HB2724 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2724 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2724-Introduced.html
  88R12457 CXP-D
 
  By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 2724
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education
  from partnering with certain private entities for the construction
  of a student housing facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.9273 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.9273.  CERTAIN PARTNERSHIPS TO CONSTRUCT STUDENT
  HOUSING FACILITIES PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "institution
  of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
         (b)  An institution of higher education may not enter into a
  contract to partner with a private entity to construct a student
  housing facility if the entity has a pending action or lien against
  the entity or entity's property relating to a claim for nonpayment
  of a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.9273, Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         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, 2023.
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