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Amend CSHB 13 (House committee printing) in SECTION 2 of the
bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 51.2125, Education Code (page 2, lines
1-4), strike Subsection (a) and substitute the following:
(a) This section applies only to a private institution of
higher education that has a fall head count enrollment of more than
10,000 students and that has under its control and jurisdiction
property that is contiguous to, or located in any part within the
boundaries of, a municipality with a population of more than one
million. For purposes of this section, a private institution of
higher education is a private or independent institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003.
(2) In added Subsection (b), Section 51.2125, Education
Code (page 2, lines 5-8), strike "If the institution has under its
control and jurisdiction property that is contiguous to, or located
in any part within the boundaries of, a municipality with a
population of more than one million, in" and substitute "In".
(3) In added Subsection (c), Section 51.2125, Education
Code (page 2, line 29), between "of the municipality" and the
underlined period, insert ", except that if the agreement is
entered into with a municipality with a population of more than one
million, the designated geographic area consists of each of the
election districts of the municipality's governing body that
contains any part of the campus of the institution and each of the
election districts of the governing body that is contiguous to
another municipality that contains any part of the campus of the
institution".