By: Swinford (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1374

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2007; May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; May 15, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute from Committee on Education by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1374 By: West

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to service areas of the Amarillo College District, the Borger Junior College District, the Midland Community College District, and the Odessa College District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 130.164, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 130.164. AMARILLO COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Amarillo College District includes[:

[(1)] the territory within Potter, Randall, Carson, Oldham, Deaf Smith, Parmer, Castro, [and] Swisher, and Moore counties[; and

[(2) the territory within Moore County that is within the Dumas Independent School District].

SECTION 2. Section 130.169, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 130.169. BORGER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Borger Junior College District includes:

(1) the territory within the Borger Independent School District;

(2) the territory within the Spring Creek Independent School District that is also within the junior college district's taxing district; and

(3) the territory within Dallam, Sherman, Hansford, Ochiltree, Lipscomb, Hartley, Hutchinson, Roberts, and Hemphill counties[; and

[(4) the territory within Moore County, except the territory within the Dumas Independent School District].

SECTION 3. Section 130.188, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 130.188. MIDLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Midland Community College District includes the territory within:

(1) Midland County, except the territory within the Greenwood Community; and

(2) Reagan, Pecos, Terrell, and Crockett counties[; and

[(3) the municipality of Iraan].

SECTION 4. Section 130.193, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 130.193. ODESSA COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Odessa College District includes the territory within:

(1) Ector, Brewster, Andrews, Crane, Jeff Davis, Ward, Winkler, Presidio, Upton, Reeves, Culberson, and Loving[, and Terrell] counties; and

(2) [Pecos County, except the municipality of Iraan; and

[(3)] the Seminole Independent School District in Gaines County.

SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with the 2007 fall semester, except that during the 2007-2008 academic year the Borger Junior College District or the Odessa College District may continue to treat an area removed by this Act from the district's service area as if the area were still in the district's service area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior college services in the areas.

SECTION 6. 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, 2007.

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