1-1 By: Hilderbran (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 2349
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Education; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 130.166, Education Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE
1-13 AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District
1-14 includes the territory within:
1-15 (1) [Travis,] Bastrop, Hays, Gillespie, Caldwell, and
1-16 Blanco counties;
1-17 (2) Travis County, except the territory within the
1-18 Marble Falls Independent School District[, located in Burnet
1-19 County]; and
1-20 (3) Williamson County, except the territory within the
1-21 Florence, Granger, Hutto, Taylor, and Thrall independent school
1-22 districts.
1-23 SECTION 2. Section 130.171, Education Code, is amended to
1-24 read as follows:
1-25 Sec. 130.171. CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
1-26 The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the
1-27 territory within:
1-28 (1) the Killeen Independent School District, located
1-29 in Bell County;
1-30 (2) the Copperas Cove Independent School District,
1-31 located in Coryell County;
1-32 (3) Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell
1-33 County;
1-34 (4) Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Mills,
1-35 and San Saba counties;
1-36 (5) the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school
1-37 districts located in McCullough County;
1-38 (6) the Burnet Consolidated Independent School
1-39 District located in Burnet County;
1-40 (7) the Florence Independent School District;
1-41 (8) the part of the Lampasas Independent School
1-42 District that is located in Burnet County;
1-43 (9) the part of the Lampasas Independent School
1-44 District that is located in Bell County; [and]
1-45 (10) the part of the Copperas Cove Independent School
1-46 District that is located in Bell County; and
1-47 (11) the Marble Falls Independent School District.
1-48 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
1-49 beginning with the 2001 fall semester, except that during the
1-50 2001-2002 academic year a junior college district whose service
1-51 area is changed by this Act may continue to treat an area removed
1-52 by this Act from the district's service area as if the area were
1-53 still in the district's service area as necessary to avoid an
1-54 unreasonable interruption of junior college services in the area.
1-55 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-56 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-57 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-58 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-59 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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