HB42 - Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.

      H.B. No. 42         AN ACT   relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional   appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher   education and to the permissible uses of that money.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 62.021, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  In each state fiscal year beginning with the state   fiscal year ending August 31, 2026 [ 2021 ], an eligible institution   is entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this   section from the funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a),   Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute   funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a   claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071,   Government Code.  An eligible institution may not present a claim   to be paid from any funds allocated under this subsection before the   delivery of goods or services described in Section 17, Article VII,   Texas Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest   on bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published   library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government   Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in   accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following   elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional   complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical   College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as   follows:                (1)  to the following component institutions of the   University of North Texas System:                      (A)   $65,142,741  [ $38,473,304 ] to the University   of North Texas and its branch campus the University of North Texas   at Frisco, allocated as determined by the board of regents of the   system ;                      (B)   $21,716,116 [ $15,581,837 ] to the University   of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; and                      (C)   $7,150,950  [ $3,455,644 ] to the University of   North Texas at Dallas;                (2)  to the following component institutions of the   Texas State University System:                      (A)   $20,427,341  [ $13,537,649 ] to Lamar   University;                      (B)   $7,956,305  [ $2,630,158 ] to the Lamar   Institute of Technology;                      (C)   $5,556,444  [ $1,533,301 ] to Lamar State   College--Orange;                      (D)   $6,949,525  [ $2,283,992 ] to Lamar State   College--Port Arthur;                      (E)   $22,817,382  [ $18,787,013 ] to Sam Houston   State University;                      (F)   $7,555,972 to Sam Houston State University   College of Osteopathic Medicine;                       (G)  $57,704,160  [ $38,741,061 ] to Texas State   University;                       (H)  $4,699,091 [ (G) $2,216,640 ] to Sul Ross State   University; and                       (I)  $2,886,904 [ (H) $487,157 ] to Sul Ross State   University-Rio Grande College;                (3)   $12,750,829  [ $12,072,906 ] to Texas Southern   University;                (4)  to the following component institutions of the   Texas Tech University System:                      (A)   $82,671,774  [ $51,379,461 ] to Texas Tech   University;                      (B)   $29,075,466  [ $22,305,642 ] to Texas Tech   University Health Sciences Center and its branch campuses Texas   Tech University Health Sciences Center at Abilene and Texas Tech   University Health Sciences Center at Dallas, allocated as   determined by the board of regents of the system ;                      (C)   $10,250,544  [ $6,997,943 ] to Angelo State   University;                      (D)   $11,548,153  [ $5,725,243 ] to Texas Tech   University Health Sciences Center--El Paso; and                      (E)   $7,261,812  [ $5,082,034 ] to Midwestern State   University;                (5)   $19,536,274  [ $14,993,229 ] to the component   institutions of the Texas Woman's University System, allocated as   determined by the board of regents of the system;                (6)  to the following component institutions of the   University of Houston System:                      (A)   $70,708,909  [ $56,158,685 ] to the University   of Houston;                      (B)   $6,030,405  [ $3,649,703 ] to the University of   Houston--Victoria;                      (C)   $10,015,183  [ $7,959,137 ] to the University   of Houston--Clear Lake; [ and ]                      (D)   $14,094,619  [ $11,155,034 ] to the University   of Houston--Downtown; and                       (E)     $5,746,678 to the University of Houston   College of Medicine;                (7)  to the following component institutions of The   Texas A&M University System:                      (A)   $16,228,184  [ $11,825,139 ] to Texas A&M   University--Corpus Christi;                      (B)   $11,686,588  [ $7,687,534 ] to Texas A&M   International University;                      (C)   $10,453,123  [ $9,125,307 ] to Texas A&M   University--Kingsville;                      (D)   $11,465,897  [ $7,671,155 ] to West Texas A&M   University;                      (E)   $12,812,330  [ $11,459,464 ] to East Texas A&M   University [ University--Commerce ]; and                      (F)   $4,731,552  [ $2,112,129 ] to Texas A&M   University--Texarkana; and                (8)   $12,993,750  [ $8,662,500 ] to the Texas State   Technical College System Administration and the following   component campuses, but not its extension centers or programs:                      (A)   Texas State Technical College, a collective   unit in Nolan, Taylor, Brown, and Stephens Counties;                       (B)   Texas State Technical College--Harrison   County [ College-Harlingen ];                       (C)  [ (B) ]  Texas State Technical   College--McLennan County [ College--Marshall ];                       (D)  [ (C) ]  Texas State Technical College, a   collective unit of one or more locations in Ellis County   [ College--West Texas ];                       (E)  [ (D) ]  Texas State Technical College, a   collective unit in Comal and Guadalupe Counties [ College--Waco ];                       (F)  [ (E) ]  Texas State Technical College--Fort   Bend County ; [ and ]                       (G)  [ (F) ]  Texas State Technical College--Denton   County;                       (H)     Texas State Technical College, a collective   unit of one or more locations in East Williamson County; and                       (I)     Texas State Technical College in Cameron   County  [ College--North Texas ].           (c-1)     Each governing board participating in the   distribution of funds as described in this section may in its sole   discretion use the funds to pay the principal and interest of bonds   that were issued under Chapter 55 and the proceeds of which were   spent for a purpose described in Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas   Constitution.          SECTION 2.  Section 62.024, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 62.024.  AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION INCREASED.  In   accordance with Section 17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for   each state fiscal year beginning with the state fiscal year ending   August 31, 2026 [ 2017 ], the amount of the annual constitutional   appropriation under that subsection is increased to $590,625,000   [ $393.75 million ]. [ Before the state fiscal year ending August 31,   2017, the amount of the annual constitutional appropriation under   that subsection is $262.5 million. ]          SECTION 3.  Section 62.027(c), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  The increase provided by the amendment to Section 62.024   enacted by the 89th [ 84th ] Legislature, Regular Session, 2025   [ 2015 ], in the amount of the appropriation made under Section   17(a), Article VII, Texas Constitution, for each state fiscal year   beginning with the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2026 [ 2017 ],   constitutes the increase in accordance with Section 17(a) that the   legislature considers appropriate for the five-year period   beginning September 1, 2025 [ 2015 ].          SECTION 4.  Section 62.021(e-2), Education Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 5.  The amounts allocated under Section 62.021,   Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply to each state fiscal   year beginning with the state fiscal year beginning September 1,   2025.          SECTION 6.  Contingent on the passage and becoming law of   S.B. 2361 or similar legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2025, relating to the transfer of the University of   Houston--Victoria to The Texas A&M University System, the amounts   allocated to the University of Houston--Victoria under Section   62.021, Education Code, as amended by this Act, are alloc [Text truncated for display. 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