HBA-MPM S.B. 1088 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1088 By: Duncan Higher Education 5/6/1999 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech University Health Science Center operate under one board of regents with same chancellor, a president over each institution, and meet the definition of a system in the Texas Education Code, however, the Education Code does not specify that the institution is part of a system. S.B. 1088 creates the Texas Tech University System. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the board of regents of the Texas Tech University in SECTION 1 (Section 109.001, Education Code) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends the chapter title to Chapter 109, Education Code, as follows: CHAPTER 109. New title: TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 109, Education Code, by adding Section 109.001,as follows: Sec. 109.001. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) Creates the Texas Tech University System (system), which is composed of all institutions and entities presently under the governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of the board of regents (board) of the Texas Tech University. (b) Requires the system to be composed of other institutions and entities as from time to time, as assigned by specific legislative act to the governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of the system. (c) Provides that the governance, control, jurisdiction, organization, and management of the system is vested in the board, known and designated as the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System. Authorizes the board, by rule, to delegate a power or duty of the board to an officer, employee, or other agent of the board. SECTION 3.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS COMMITTEE AMENDMENT #1: Amend S.B. 1088 by striking SECTION 3 of the engrossed bill, and adding the following sections: SECTION __. Effective date: September 1, 1999, except as provided by Subsection (b), which requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (board) to review and determine whether to approve the creation of the Texas Tech University System as provided by this Act, and which provides that if the board does not approve its creation before August 31, 1999, the system is not created and this Act has no effect. SECTION __.Emergency clause.