By Hilderbran                                         H.B. No. 2349
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 130.166, Education Code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 130.166.  AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
 1-7     AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District
 1-8     includes the territory within:
 1-9                 (1)  [Travis,] Bastrop, Hays, Gillespie, Caldwell, and
1-10     Blanco counties;
1-11                 (2)  Travis County, except the territory within the
1-12     Marble Falls Independent School District[, located in Burnet
1-13     County]; and
1-14                 (3)  Williamson County, except the territory within the
1-15     Florence, Granger, Hutto, Taylor, and Thrall independent school
1-16     districts.
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 130.171, Education Code, is amended to
1-18     read as follows:
1-19           Sec. 130.171.  CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
1-20     The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the
1-21     territory within:
1-22                 (1)  the Killeen Independent School District, located
1-23     in Bell County;
1-24                 (2)  the Copperas Cove Independent School District,
 2-1     located in Coryell County;
 2-2                 (3)  Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell
 2-3     County;
 2-4                 (4)  Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Mills,
 2-5     and San Saba counties;
 2-6                 (5)  the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school
 2-7     districts located in McCullough County;
 2-8                 (6)  the Burnet Consolidated Independent School
 2-9     District located in Burnet County;
2-10                 (7)  the Florence Independent School District;
2-11                 (8)  the part of the Lampasas Independent School
2-12     District that is located in Burnet County;
2-13                 (9)  the part of the Lampasas Independent School
2-14     District that is located in Bell County;  [and]
2-15                 (10)  the part of the Copperas Cove Independent School
2-16     District that is located in Bell County; and
2-17                 (11)  the Marble Falls Independent School District.
2-18           SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
2-19     beginning with the 2001 fall semester, except that during the
2-20     2001-2002 academic year a junior college district whose service
2-21     area is changed by this Act may continue to treat an area removed
2-22     by this Act from the district's service area as if the area were
2-23     still in the district's service area as necessary to avoid an
2-24     unreasonable interruption of junior college services in the area.
2-25           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 3-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 3-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.