Amend HB 2944 on page 2, line 6, by striking SECTION 3 and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 3.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
      (b)  Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect on the earliest
date on or after September 1, 1997, on which the designation of the
Texas State Technical College System extension center in the city
of Marshall as a campus of that system, as provided by Section 1 of
this Act, is approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.  The coordinating board shall approve the designation of
that extension center as a campus of the system if the coordinating
board determines that the designation is in the best interest of
the system and this state.  If the coordinating board does not
approve that designation on or before September 1, 2001, Sections 1
and 2 of this Act expire and have no effect.