By Shapleigh                                           S.R. No. 975

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                                 R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That

 1-2     Senate Rule 12.03 is suspended, as provided by Senate Rule 12.08,

 1-3     to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the

 1-4     differences between the house and senate versions of H.B. No. 2517,

 1-5     to consider and take action on the following matter:

 1-6           Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to

 1-7     add new sections to read as follows:

 1-8           SECTION 3.  Section 135.02(a), Education Code, as amended by

 1-9     Section 3, Chapter 359, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular

1-10     Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:

1-11           (a)  The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:

1-12                 (1)  a system office located in the city of Waco in

1-13     McLennan County;

1-14                 (2)  a campus located in the city of Amarillo in Potter

1-15     County;

1-16                 (3)  a campus located in the city of Harlingen in

1-17     Cameron County;

1-18                 (4)  a campus located in the city of Sweetwater in

1-19     Nolan County;

1-20                 (5)  a campus [an extension center] located in the city

1-21     of Marshall in Harrison County;

1-22                 (6)  a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan

1-23     County;

1-24                 (7)  extension centers in the city of Brownwood in

 2-1     Brown County and the city of Abilene in Taylor County and an

 2-2     extension program offered through a rural technology center in the

 2-3     city of Breckenridge in Stephens County; and

 2-4                 (8)  other campuses assigned to the system from time to

 2-5     time by specific legislative Act.

 2-6           SECTION 4.  Sections 135.02(d) and (e), Education Code, are

 2-7     repealed.

 2-8           Explanation:  This change is necessary to permit the Texas

 2-9     State Technical College System program in the city of Marshall to

2-10     achieve full campus status.