H.B. No. 776




AN ACT

relating to the Wharton County Junior College District service 
area.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.211, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 130.211.  WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT 
SERVICE AREA.  The service area of the Wharton County Junior College 
District includes the territory within:
		(1)  Wharton County;                                                          
		(2)  the Needville Independent School District in Fort 
Bend County;         
		(3)  the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District 
located in Austin County;
		(4)  the Columbus and Weimer independent school 
districts located in Colorado County;
		(5)  the Rice Consolidated Independent School District 
located in Colorado County;
		(6)  the Kendleton and Lamar independent school 
districts located in Fort Bend County;
		(7)  the Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, 
Tidehaven, and Van Vleck independent school districts located in 
Matagorda County;  [and]
		(8)  the Ganado Independent School District located in 
Jackson County; and
		(9)  the incorporated area and extraterritorial 
jurisdiction of the City of Sugar Land located in Fort Bend County.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with the 2005 fall semester.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the House on May 13, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor