Sec. 87.841.  TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY--SAN ANTONIO.  (a)  Texas A&M University--San Antonio is a general academic teaching institution located in Bexar County.  The university is a component institution of The Texas A&M University System and is under the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.
(b)  The board may prescribe courses leading to such customary degrees as are offered at leading American universities and may award those degrees.  Those degrees may include baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees in all fields of study, including professional degrees.  No department, school, or degree program may be instituted except with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(c)  The board also has the same powers and duties concerning Texas A&M University--San Antonio as are conferred on the board by statute concerning Texas A&M University.
 
Text of subsection effective until May 23, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129, 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 any other provision of this subchapter, Texas A&M University--San Antonio may not operate as a general academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Texas A&M University--Kingsville System Center--San Antonio has reached an enrollment equivalent of:
(1)  1,000 full-time students for one semester if the legislature authorizes revenue bonds to be issued to finance educational and related facilities for the institution, and the bonds are issued for that purpose; or
(2)  2,500 full-time students for one semester if the conditions specified by Subdivision (1) are not satisfied.
 
Text of subsection effective on May 23, 2009, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129, 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 any other provision of this subchapter, Texas A&M University--San Antonio may not operate as a general academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Texas A&M University--Kingsville System Center--San Antonio has reached an enrollment equivalent of  1,000 full-time students for one semester.
(e)  Expired.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 793 (S.B. 296), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 129 (S.B. 629), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009.