1-1 By: Ratliff S.B. No. 397
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 31, 1995; February 2, 1995,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 February 9, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
1-6 February 9, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 397 By: Ratliff
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to service areas of junior college districts.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Chapter 130, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-13 Subchapter J to read as follows:
1-14 SUBCHAPTER J. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREAS
1-15 Sec. 130.161. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-16 (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
1-17 Education Coordinating Board.
1-18 (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
1-19 assigned by Section 61.003.
1-20 (3) "Service" or "services" means the courses and
1-21 programs described by Sections 130.0011 and 130.003(e).
1-22 (4) "Service area" means:
1-23 (A) the territory within the boundaries of a
1-24 taxing district of a junior college district; and
1-25 (B) the territory outside the boundaries of a
1-26 taxing district of a junior college district in which the junior
1-27 college district is recognized in this subchapter as the district
1-28 primarily responsible for providing services.
1-29 Sec. 130.162. PROVISION OF SERVICES IN SERVICE AREA BY
1-30 JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT. (a) A junior college district shall
1-31 provide services to the residents and employers of its service area
1-32 in accordance with:
1-33 (1) this chapter;
1-34 (2) the applicable program approval rules and
1-35 appropriations formulas adopted by the coordinating board; and
1-36 (3) the strategic plan developed by the Council on
1-37 Workforce and Economic Competitiveness under Section 2.06(a)(6),
1-38 Workforce and Economic Competitiveness Act (Article 5190.7a,
1-39 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-40 (b) Except as provided by this subchapter, a junior college
1-41 district may not offer services in the service area of another
1-42 junior college district.
1-43 (c) Section 61.051(j) does not apply to the provision of
1-44 services by a junior college district in its service area.
1-45 (d) A junior college district may enter into a memorandum of
1-46 understanding with another institution of higher education for the
1-47 other institution to provide a service in the service area of the
1-48 junior college district. The coordinating board must approve under
1-49 Section 61.051(j) the provision of a service by another institution
1-50 under this subsection.
1-51 Sec. 130.163. PROVISION OF SERVICES IN SERVICE AREA BY
1-52 ANOTHER INSTITUTION. (a) A junior college district may decline to
1-53 provide a service in part of its service area outside its taxing
1-54 district if:
1-55 (1) local funds and state appropriations are
1-56 insufficient to pay for the provision of the service; or
1-57 (2) the junior college district determines that
1-58 another institution of higher education can provide the service
1-59 more appropriately.
1-60 (b) Another institution of higher education may provide a
1-61 service in a part of the service area of a junior college district
1-62 outside the taxing district of the junior college district if:
1-63 (1) the junior college district declines to provide
1-64 the service; and
1-65 (2) the residents or employers of the affected area
1-66 request the institution of higher education to provide the service
1-67 and the residents or employers pay the local share of the cost of
1-68 providing the service.
2-1 (c) A junior college district that declines to provide a
2-2 service in a part of its service area outside its taxing district
2-3 shall cooperate with other institutions of higher education in
2-4 attempting to obtain services requested by the residents or
2-5 employers of the affected area.
2-6 (d) The coordinating board must approve under Section
2-7 61.051(j) the provision of a service by an institution of higher
2-8 education under Subsection (b).
2-9 (e) In this section, "local share" means the difference
2-10 between the average total cost of providing a service for junior
2-11 college districts at and above the 75th percentile of districts
2-12 providing the service, according to the most recent cost study
2-13 conducted by the coordinating board, and the state-approved formula
2-14 funding for the service specified by the most recent General
2-15 Appropriations Act.
2-16 Sec. 130.164. PROVISION OF SERVICES IN TERRITORY NOT WITHIN
2-17 SERVICE AREA. The coordinating board, in accordance with Section
2-18 61.051(j), may designate the junior college district or districts
2-19 that may provide services in territory not within a service area
2-20 described by this subchapter.
2-21 Sec. 130.165. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW. (a) The
2-22 designation of service areas by this subchapter does not affect:
2-23 (1) the establishment under other law of a taxing
2-24 district for a new junior college district; or
2-25 (2) the modification under other law of the taxing
2-26 district of an existing junior college district.
2-27 (b) Territory designated by this subchapter as part of the
2-28 service area of a junior college district is not considered to be
2-29 within that service area if the territory becomes part of the
2-30 taxing district of another junior college district through:
2-31 (1) the establishment of a taxing district for a new
2-32 junior college district; or
2-33 (2) the modification of the taxing district of an
2-34 existing junior college district.
2-35 Sec. 130.166. ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
2-36 The service area of the Alamo Community College District includes
2-37 the territory within:
2-38 (1) Bexar, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr,
2-39 and Wilson counties; and
2-40 (2) Atascosa County, except the territory within the
2-41 Pleasanton Independent School District.
2-42 Sec. 130.167. ALVIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
2-43 The service area of the Alvin Community College District includes
2-44 the territory within:
2-45 (1) the Danbury and Pearland independent school
2-46 districts; and
2-47 (2) the part of the Angleton Independent School
2-48 District annexed by the community college district before September
2-49 1, 1995.
2-50 Sec. 130.168. AMARILLO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
2-51 service area of the Amarillo College District includes:
2-52 (1) the territory within Potter, Randall, Carson,
2-53 Oldham, Deaf Smith, Parmer, Castro, and Swisher counties; and
2-54 (2) the territory within Moore County that is within
2-55 the Dumas Independent School District.
2-56 Sec. 130.169. ANGELINA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
2-57 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Angelina County Junior
2-58 College District includes the territory within:
2-59 (1) Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Polk, Sabine, San
2-60 Augustine, Trinity, and Tyler counties;
2-61 (2) the Wells and Alto independent school districts,
2-62 located in Cherokee County;
2-63 (3) the Burkeville and Newton independent school
2-64 districts, located in Newton County;
2-65 (4) the Jasper Independent School District, located in
2-66 Jasper County; and
2-67 (5) the Shepherd and Coldspring-Oakhurst Consolidated
2-68 independent school districts located in San Jacinto County.
2-69 Sec. 130.170. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
2-70 AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District
3-1 includes the territory within:
3-2 (1) Travis, Bastrop, Hays, Gillespie, Caldwell, and
3-3 Blanco counties;
3-4 (2) the Marble Falls Independent School District,
3-5 located in Burnet County; and
3-6 (3) Williamson County, except the territory within the
3-7 Florence, Taylor, and Granger independent school districts.
3-8 Sec. 130.171. BEE COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
3-9 service area of the Bee County College District includes the
3-10 territory within:
3-11 (1) Bee, Karnes, Live Oak, Jim Wells, McMullen, Duval,
3-12 and Brooks counties;
3-13 (2) the Pleasanton Independent School District,
3-14 located in Atascosa County; and
3-15 (3) the Kingsville, Santa Gertrudis, and Ricardo
3-16 independent school districts, located in Kleberg County.
3-17 Sec. 130.172. BLINN COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
3-18 service area of the Blinn College District includes the territory
3-19 within:
3-20 (1) Washington, Burleson, Brazos, Madison, Grimes,
3-21 Waller, Lee, and Fayette counties;
3-22 (2) the Mumford, Hearne, and Franklin independent
3-23 school districts located in Robertson County; and
3-24 (3) the Bellville Independent School District located
3-25 in Austin County.
3-26 Sec. 130.173. BORGER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
3-27 The service area of the Borger Junior College District includes:
3-28 (1) the territory within the Borger Independent School
3-29 District;
3-30 (2) the territory within the Spring Creek Independent
3-31 School District that is also within the junior college district's
3-32 taxing district;
3-33 (3) the territory within Dallam, Sherman, Hansford,
3-34 Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Hutchinson, Roberts, and Hemphill
3-35 counties;
3-36 (4) the territory within Moore County, except the
3-37 territory within Dumas Independent School District; and
3-38 (5) the territory within the Pampa Independent School
3-39 District located in Gray County.
3-40 Sec. 130.174. BRAZOSPORT COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
3-41 service area of the Brazosport College District includes the
3-42 territory within:
3-43 (1) the Brazosport, Columbia-Brazoria, Sweeny, and
3-44 Damon independent school districts; and
3-45 (2) the Angleton Independent School District, except
3-46 the part annexed by the Alvin Community College District before
3-47 September 1, 1995.
3-48 Sec. 130.175. CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
3-49 The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the
3-50 territory within:
3-51 (1) the Killeen Independent School District, located
3-52 in Bell County;
3-53 (2) the Copperas Cove Independent School District,
3-54 located in Coryell County;
3-55 (3) Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell
3-56 County;
3-57 (4) Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Mills,
3-58 and San Saba counties;
3-59 (5) the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school
3-60 districts located in McCulloch County;
3-61 (6) the Burnet Consolidated Independent School
3-62 District located in Burnet County; and
3-63 (7) the Florence Independent School District located
3-64 in Williamson County.
3-65 Sec. 130.176. CISCO JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
3-66 The service area of the Cisco Junior College District includes the
3-67 territory within:
3-68 (1) the Cisco Independent School District; and
3-69 (2) Callahan, Coleman, and Taylor counties.
3-70 Sec. 130.177. CLARENDON COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
4-1 service area of the Clarendon College District includes the
4-2 territory within:
4-3 (1) Donley, Wheeler, Armstrong, Collingsworth,
4-4 Briscoe, Hall, and Childress counties; and
4-5 (2) Gray County, except the territory within the Pampa
4-6 Independent School District.
4-7 Sec. 130.178. COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
4-8 The service area of the College of the Mainland District includes
4-9 the territory within:
4-10 (1) the Santa Fe, Hitchcock, Texas City, La Marque,
4-11 Dickinson, and Friendswood independent school districts; and
4-12 (2) the part of the Clear Creek Independent School
4-13 District that is located in Galveston County.
4-14 Sec. 130.179. COLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
4-15 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Collin County Community
4-16 College District includes the territory within:
4-17 (1) Collin and Rockwall counties; and
4-18 (2) the part of Denton County that is within the
4-19 municipality of The Colony, the municipality of Frisco, and the
4-20 Celina and Prosper independent school districts.
4-21 Sec. 130.180. DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
4-22 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Dallas County Community
4-23 College District includes the territory within:
4-24 (1) Dallas County; and
4-25 (2) the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School
4-26 District.
4-27 Sec. 130.181. DEL MAR COLLEGE-CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR COLLEGE
4-28 DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Del Mar
4-29 College-Corpus Christi Junior College District includes the
4-30 territory within:
4-31 (1) the Corpus Christi, West Oso, Calallen,
4-32 Tuloso-Midway, and Flour Bluff independent school districts, and
4-33 any area located outside of those school districts that is within
4-34 the municipality of Corpus Christi;
4-35 (2) Nueces, San Patricio, Aransas, and Kenedy
4-36 counties; and
4-37 (3) the Riviera Independent School District.
4-38 Sec. 130.182. EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
4-39 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the El Paso County Community
4-40 College District includes the territory within El Paso and Hudspeth
4-41 counties.
4-42 Sec. 130.183. GALVESTON COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
4-43 service area of the Galveston College District includes:
4-44 (1) the territory within the Galveston Independent
4-45 School District;
4-46 (2) the part of Galveston and Chambers counties
4-47 located on the Bolivar Peninsula, including the municipality of
4-48 High Island and the High Island Independent School District; and
4-49 (3) the territory within the Sabine Pass and
4-50 Hamshire-Fannett independent school districts in Jefferson County.
4-51 Sec. 130.184. GRAYSON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
4-52 AREA. The service area of the Grayson County Junior College
4-53 District includes the territory within:
4-54 (1) Grayson County; and
4-55 (2) the Bonham, Dodd City, Ector, Leonard, Savoy,
4-56 Trenton, and Sam Rayburn independent school districts.
4-57 Sec. 130.185. HILL COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
4-58 service area of the Hill College District includes the territory
4-59 within:
4-60 (1) the Hillsboro, Itasca, Covington, Whitney, Abbott,
4-61 and Bynum independent school districts; and
4-62 (2) Hill, Johnson, Bosque, and Somervell counties.
4-63 Sec. 130.186. HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT
4-64 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Houston Community College
4-65 System District includes the territory within the Houston, Alief,
4-66 Katy, Spring Branch, and North Forest independent school districts
4-67 and the Stafford Municipal School District.
4-68 Sec. 130.187. HOWARD COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
4-69 AREA. The service area of the Howard County Junior College
4-70 District includes the territory within Howard, Dawson, Martin,
5-1 Glasscock, Sterling, Coke, Tom Green, Concho, Irion, Schleicher,
5-2 Sutton, Menard, and Kimble counties.
5-3 Sec. 130.188. KILGORE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
5-4 The service area of the Kilgore Junior College District includes
5-5 the territory within the Kilgore, West Rusk, Overton, Leverett's
5-6 Chapel, White Oak, Sabine, Gladewater, Big Sandy, Union Grove,
5-7 Gilmer, New Diana, Spring Hill, Pine Tree, Longview, Hallsville,
5-8 Tatum, Henderson, Carlisle, Laneville, and Mount Enterprise
5-9 independent school districts.
5-10 Sec. 130.189. LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
5-11 AREA. The service area of the Laredo Community College District
5-12 includes the territory within:
5-13 (1) the municipality of Laredo; and
5-14 (2) Webb, Jim Hogg, and Zapata counties.
5-15 Sec. 130.190. LEE COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
5-16 service area of the Lee College District includes the territory
5-17 within:
5-18 (1) the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School
5-19 District; and
5-20 (2) the Crosby, Dayton, Liberty, Barbers Hill,
5-21 Anahuac, Huffman, Devers, East Chambers, Hardin, and Hull-Daisetta
5-22 independent school districts.
5-23 Sec. 130.191. MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
5-24 AREA. The service area of the McLennan Community College District
5-25 includes the territory within:
5-26 (1) McLennan and Falls counties; and
5-27 (2) the Calvert and Bremond independent school
5-28 districts.
5-29 Sec. 130.192. MIDLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
5-30 AREA. The service area of the Midland Community College District
5-31 includes the territory within:
5-32 (1) Midland County, except the territory within the
5-33 Greenwood Community;
5-34 (2) Reagan and Crockett counties;
5-35 (3) the municipality of Fort Stockton; and
5-36 (4) the municipality of Iraan in Pecos County.
5-37 Sec. 130.193. NAVARRO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
5-38 service area of the Navarro College District includes the territory
5-39 within Navarro, Ellis, Freestone, Limestone, and Leon counties.
5-40 Sec. 130.194. NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
5-41 AREA. The service area of the North Central Texas College District
5-42 includes the territory within:
5-43 (1) Cooke and Montague counties; and
5-44 (2) Denton County, except the territory within The
5-45 Colony, the municipality of Frisco, and the Celina, Prosper, and
5-46 Carrollton-Farmers Branch independent school districts.
5-47 Sec. 130.195. NORTH HARRIS MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
5-48 DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the North Harris
5-49 Montgomery Community College District includes the territory
5-50 within:
5-51 (1) the Aldine, Conroe, Humble, New Caney, Spring,
5-52 Tomball, Magnolia, Willis, Montgomery, Splendora, Cleveland,
5-53 Tarkington, and Klein independent school districts; and
5-54 (2) the Huntsville and New Waverly independent school
5-55 districts in Walker County.
5-56 Sec. 130.196. NORTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
5-57 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Northeast Texas Community
5-58 College District includes the territory within:
5-59 (1) Camp, Morris, and Titus counties;
5-60 (2) the Avinger and Hughes Springs independent school
5-61 districts, located in Cass County;
5-62 (3) the Mount Vernon Independent School District,
5-63 located in Franklin County;
5-64 (4) the Como-Pickton and Saltillo independent school
5-65 districts, located in Hopkins County;
5-66 (5) the Ore City, Union Hill, and Harmony independent
5-67 school districts, located in Upshur County; and
5-68 (6) the Winnsboro Independent School District, located
5-69 in Wood County.
5-70 Sec. 130.197. ODESSA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
6-1 service area of the Odessa College District includes the territory
6-2 within:
6-3 (1) Brewster, Andrews, Crane, Jeff Davis, Ward,
6-4 Winkler, Presidio, Upton, Reeves, Culberson, Loving, and Terrell
6-5 counties;
6-6 (2) the municipalities of Coyanosa and Imperial,
6-7 located in Pecos County; and
6-8 (3) the Seminole Independent School District in Gaines
6-9 County.
6-10 Sec. 130.198. PANOLA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
6-11 service area of the Panola College District includes the territory
6-12 within:
6-13 (1) Panola, Marion, and Shelby counties; and
6-14 (2) Harrison County, except the territory within the
6-15 Hallsville Independent School District.
6-16 Sec. 130.199. PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
6-17 The service area of the Paris Junior College District includes the
6-18 territory within:
6-19 (1) the Paris Independent School District;
6-20 (2) the part of the Prairiland Independent School
6-21 District that was formerly the Cunningham School District;
6-22 (3) the municipality of Paris;
6-23 (4) Lamar, Delta, and Hunt counties;
6-24 (5) the Detroit and Clarksville independent school
6-25 districts and the Talco-Bogata Consolidated Independent School
6-26 District that is in Red River County;
6-27 (6) the North Hopkins, Sulphur Bluff, Sulphur Springs,
6-28 Miller Grove, and Cumby independent school districts in Hopkins
6-29 County;
6-30 (7) the Honey Grove Consolidated Independent School
6-31 District in Fannin County; and
6-32 (8) the Fannindel Independent School District, located
6-33 in Fannin and Delta counties.
6-34 Sec. 130.200. RANGER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
6-35 The service area of the Ranger Junior College District includes the
6-36 territory within:
6-37 (1) the part of the Ranger Independent School District
6-38 that is located in Eastland County, except the area that is known
6-39 as the old Bullock School Land; and
6-40 (2) Young, Comanche, Brown, and Erath counties.
6-41 Sec. 130.201. SAN JACINTO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
6-42 The service area of the San Jacinto College District includes the
6-43 territory within:
6-44 (1) the Pasadena, La Porte, Deer Park, Channelview,
6-45 Galena Park, and Sheldon independent school districts; and
6-46 (2) the part of the Clear Creek Independent School
6-47 District that is located in Harris County.
6-48 Sec. 130.202. SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
6-49 The service area of the South Plains College District includes the
6-50 territory within:
6-51 (1) the Whiteface Consolidated Independent School
6-52 District;
6-53 (2) Bailey, Lamb, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cochran,
6-54 Hockley, Lubbock, Crosby, Yoakum, Terry, Lynn, and Garza counties;
6-55 and
6-56 (3) Gaines County, except the territory within the
6-57 Seminole Independent School District.
6-58 Sec. 130.203. SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
6-59 AREA. The service area of the South Texas Community College
6-60 District includes the territory within Hidalgo and Starr counties.
6-61 Sec. 130.204. SOUTHWEST TEXAS JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
6-62 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Southwest Texas Junior
6-63 College District includes the territory within Zavala, Uvalde,
6-64 Real, Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, La Salle, Maverick, Medina, Val Verde,
6-65 and Edwards counties.
6-66 Sec. 130.205. TARRANT COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
6-67 AREA. The service area of the Tarrant County Junior College
6-68 District includes the territory within Tarrant County.
6-69 Sec. 130.206. TEMPLE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
6-70 The service area of the Temple Junior College District includes the
7-1 territory within:
7-2 (1) the Temple Independent School District;
7-3 (2) the municipality of Temple;
7-4 (3) the Academy, Bartlett, Belton, Holland, Rogers,
7-5 Troy, and Salado independent school districts located in Bell
7-6 County;
7-7 (4) the Buckholts, Cameron, Milano, Rockdale, and
7-8 Thorndale independent school districts located in Milam County; and
7-9 (5) the Granger and Taylor independent school
7-10 districts located in Williamson County.
7-11 Sec. 130.207. TEXARKANA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The
7-12 service area of the Texarkana College District includes the
7-13 territory within:
7-14 (1) the taxing district, which includes part of the
7-15 municipality of Texarkana and part of the Pleasant Grove
7-16 Independent School District;
7-17 (2) Bowie County;
7-18 (3) Cass County, except the territory within the
7-19 Hughes Springs, Avinger, and Pewitt independent school districts;
7-20 and
7-21 (4) the Avery Independent School District located in
7-22 Red River County.
7-23 Sec. 130.208. TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
7-24 The service area of the Texas Southmost College District includes
7-25 the territory within:
7-26 (1) the Brownsville, Los Fresnos Consolidated, and
7-27 Point Isabel independent school districts; and
7-28 (2) Cameron and Willacy counties.
7-29 Sec. 130.209. TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
7-30 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Trinity Valley Community
7-31 College District includes the territory within:
7-32 (1) the part of the Terrell Independent School
7-33 District located in Hunt County;
7-34 (2) Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, and Rains counties;
7-35 and
7-36 (3) Van Zandt County, except the territory within the
7-37 Grand Saline and Van independent school districts.
7-38 Sec. 130.210. TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
7-39 The service area of the Tyler Junior College District includes the
7-40 territory within the Chapel Hill, Grand Saline, Lindale, Tyler,
7-41 Van, Winona, Alba-Golden, Arp, Bullard, Hawkins, Jacksonville,
7-42 Mineola, New Summerfield, Quitman, Rusk, Troup, and Whitehouse
7-43 independent school districts.
7-44 Sec. 130.211. VERNON REGIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
7-45 SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Vernon Regional Junior
7-46 College District includes the territory within Wilbarger, Archer,
7-47 Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, King, Knox,
7-48 Throckmorton, and Wichita counties.
7-49 Sec. 130.212. The VICTORIA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
7-50 The service area of The Victoria College District includes the
7-51 territory within:
7-52 (1) Victoria, Gonzales, Lavaca, DeWitt, and Calhoun
7-53 counties;
7-54 (2) Jackson County, except the territory within the
7-55 Ganado Independent School District; and
7-56 (3) Refugio County, except the territory within the
7-57 Woodsboro Independent School District.
7-58 Sec. 130.213. WEATHERFORD COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
7-59 The service area of the Weatherford College District includes the
7-60 territory within Parker, Wise, Jack, and Palo Pinto counties.
7-61 Sec. 130.214. WESTERN TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
7-62 The service area of the Western Texas College District includes the
7-63 territory within Scurry, Fisher, Jones, Nolan, Runnels, Dickens,
7-64 Stonewall, Borden, Mitchell, and Kent counties.
7-65 Sec. 130.215. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
7-66 AREA. The service area of the Wharton County Junior College
7-67 District includes the territory within:
7-68 (1) Wharton County;
7-69 (2) the Needville Independent School District in Fort
7-70 Bend County;
8-1 (3) the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District
8-2 located in Austin County;
8-3 (4) the Columbus and Weimar independent school
8-4 districts located in Colorado County;
8-5 (5) the Rice Consolidated Independent School District
8-6 located in Colorado County;
8-7 (6) the Kendleton and Lamar independent school
8-8 districts located in Fort Bend County;
8-9 (7) the Bay City, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and
8-10 Van Vleck independent school districts located in Matagorda County;
8-11 and
8-12 (8) the Ganado Independent School District located in
8-13 Jackson County.
8-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
8-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
8-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
8-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
8-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
8-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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