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AN ACT
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relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State |
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Technical College System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
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(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
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McLennan County; |
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(2) a campus located in [the city of Harlingen in] |
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Cameron County; |
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(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
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collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in |
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[the city of Sweetwater in] Nolan County, [the city of Abilene in] |
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Taylor County, [the city of Brownwood in] Brown County, and [the |
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city of Breckenridge in] Stephens County; |
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(4) a campus located [in the city of Marshall] in |
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Harrison County; |
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(5) a campus located [in the city of Waco] in McLennan |
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County; |
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(6) a campus located in Fort Bend County; |
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(7) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations [located in the city of Red Oak] in Ellis County; |
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[and] |
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(8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations in Comal County and Guadalupe County; |
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(9) a campus located in Denton County; |
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(10) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations in Williamson County east of State Highway 130 and |
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Interstate Highway 35; and |
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(11) campuses assigned to the system from time to time |
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by specific legislative Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.063(e), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not prevent a junior college district |
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from annexing territory located in Brown County, Comal County, |
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Denton County, Guadalupe County, or Williamson County. |
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SECTION 3. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or |
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extension center within the tax district of a public junior college |
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that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be |
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established that the public junior college is not capable of |
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offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established |
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that a need for the program exists and that the program is not |
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locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the |
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program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board. |
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Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does |
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not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, Comal, Denton, |
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Guadalupe, Williamson, and Potter Counties [counties]. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3287 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 22, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3287 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3287 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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2. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |