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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to service areas of the Amarillo College District and the |
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Borger Junior College District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.164, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.164. AMARILLO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The |
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service area of the Amarillo College District includes[:
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[(1)] the territory within Potter, Randall, Carson, |
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Oldham, Deaf Smith, Parmer, Castro, [and] Swisher, and Moore |
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counties[; and
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[(2) the territory within Moore County that is within
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the Dumas Independent School District]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.169, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.169. BORGER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. |
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The service area of the Borger Junior College District includes: |
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(1) the territory within the Borger Independent School |
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District; |
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(2) the territory within the Spring Creek Independent |
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School District that is also within the junior college district's |
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taxing district; and |
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(3) the territory within Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, |
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Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Hutchinson, Roberts, and Hemphill |
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counties[; and
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[(4) the territory within Moore County, except the
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territory within the Dumas Independent School District]. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2007 fall semester, except that during the |
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2007-2008 academic year the Borger Junior College District may |
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continue to treat the area removed by this Act from the district's |
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service area as if the area were still in the district's service |
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area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior |
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college services in the area. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |