SRC-DPW H.B. 1049 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 1049 76R2570 KEL-DBy: Sadler (Ratliff) Education 5/11/1999 Engrossed DIGEST Currently, the Texas State Technical College in Marshall, Texas operates as an extension center of the Texas State Technical College System. This bill would designate the facility as a self-standing campus with the ability to grant associate degrees and participate in the Higher Education Assistance Fund. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 1049 designates the Texas State Technical College System extension center in the city of Marshall as a campus of the system. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 135.02(a), Education Code, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 359, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, to include a campus, rather than an extension center, located in the city of Marshall in Harrison County in the composition of the Texas State Technical College System. SECTION 2. Amends Section 62.021(a), Education Code, to provide that certain funds are allocated to the Texas State Technical College System Administration and its component campus, Texas State Technical College-Marshall. SECTION 3. Repealers: Sections 135.02(d) and (e), Education Code (regarding a Texas State Technical Institute extension in Marshall, Texas). SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.