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            relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas  | 
         
         
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            State 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(c), Education Code, is amended to  | 
         
         
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            read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (c)  The board may accept or acquire by purchase in the name  | 
         
         
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            of the State of Texas land and facilities in any of the counties in  | 
         
         
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            which a campus or extension center is located.  [The coordinating  | 
         
         
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            board must review and approve the acceptance or acquisition of any  | 
         
         
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            land and facilities if: | 
         
         
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                         [(1)  the board of regents requests to place the land  | 
         
         
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            and facilities on its educational and general buildings and  | 
         
         
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            facilities inventory; and | 
         
         
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                         [(2)  the combined value of the land and facilities is  | 
         
         
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            more than $300,000 at the time the board of regents requests the  | 
         
         
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            property to be added to the educational and general buildings and  | 
         
         
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            facilities inventory.] | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  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, 2025. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1242 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            May 5, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1242 passed the House on  | 
         
         
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            May 27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 1, two  | 
         
         
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            present not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |