The Texas A&M University System board may finance and carry out specified facility projects with bonds, subject to listed dollar caps and an enrollment certification condition for two campuses.
Sec. 55.1751. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; ADDITIONAL BONDS. (a) In addition to the other authority granted by this subchapter, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip facilities, including roads and related infrastructure, for projects to be financed through the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board for the following institutions and facilities not to exceed the following aggregate principal amounts for the projects specified as follows: (1) Tarleton State University: (A) $11,124,000 for the Tarleton State University Dairy Center; and (B) $24,300,000 for a nursing building; (2) Texas A&M University--Central Texas, $25 million for educational and related facilities; (3) Texas A&M University--Commerce, $21,770,000 for a music building; (4) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $45 million for a nursing, health sciences, and kinesiology facility; (5) Texas A&M University--Kingsville, $9,540,000 for the citrus center building; (6) Texas A&M University--San Antonio, $40 million for educational and related facilities; (7) Texas A&M University--Texarkana, $75 million for a multipurpose library building and central plant; (8) West Texas A&M University, $16,200,000 for classroom center renovation; (9) The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, $45 million for a medical education and research building in College Station, Texas; (10) Texas A&M University, $75 million for the Emerging Technologies Interdisciplinary Building; (11) Texas A&M University at Galveston, $40,050,000 for a science building; and (12) Texas A&M International University: (A) $25 million for the student success center; (B) $4,950,000 for the completion of the fine arts theater; and (C) $7,626,600 for the Loop Road and Chill Water Loop project. (b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of bonds authorized by this section all or any part of the revenue funds of an institution, branch, or entity of The Texas A&M 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) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds among institutions, branches, and entities of The Texas A&M University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or entity to carry out its duties and purposes. Text of subsection as repealed effective May 23, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129 (S.B. 629), Sec. 4, which states: This Act does not make an appropriation. This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 81st Legislature. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), The Texas A&M University System may not issue bonds under this section for facilities at Texas A&M University--Central Texas until the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at Texas A&M University--Central Texas has reached an enrollment equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one semester. If that enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the system's authority to issue bonds for Texas A&M University--Central Texas under this section expires on that date. (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), The Texas A&M University System may not issue bonds under this section for facilities at Texas A&M University--San Antonio until the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at Texas A&M University--San Antonio has reached an enrollment equivalent of 1,500 full-time students for one semester. If that enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the system's authority to issue bonds for Texas A&M University--San Antonio under this section expires on that date. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 9 (H.B. 153), Sec. 1, eff. May 31, 2006. Subsection (d) contingently repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129, Sec. 3(1), eff. May 23, 2009. Subsection (e) contingently repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129, Sec. 3(1), eff. May 23, 2009.