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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the service areas of the Austin Community College |
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District and the Blinn 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 130.166, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE |
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AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District |
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includes the territory within: |
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(1) [Bastrop,] Hays, Gillespie, Caldwell, and Blanco |
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counties; |
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(2) Travis County, except the territory within the |
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Marble Falls Independent School District; |
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(3) Williamson County, except the territory within the |
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Florence, Granger, Hutto, Lexington, Taylor, and Thrall |
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independent school districts; |
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(4) the part of the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated |
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Independent School District located in Gonzales County; [and] |
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(5) the part of the San Marcos Consolidated |
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Independent School District located in Guadalupe County; |
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(6) Bastrop County, except the territory within the |
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Lexington Independent School District; |
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(7) the part of the Elgin Independent School District |
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located in Lee County; and |
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(8) the part of the Smithville Independent School |
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District located in Fayette County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.168, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.168. BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE |
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AREA. The service area of the Blinn College District includes the |
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territory within: |
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(1) Washington, Burleson, Brazos, Madison, Grimes, |
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and Waller[, Lee, and Fayette] counties; |
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(2) the Mumford, Hearne, and Franklin independent |
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school districts located in Robertson County; |
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(3) Austin County, other than the territory within the |
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Wallis-Orchard Independent School District; |
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(4) the Milano and Gause independent school districts |
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located in Milam County; |
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(5) the part of the Richards Independent School |
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District that is located in Walker and Montgomery counties; [and] |
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(6) the part of the Bryan Independent School District |
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that is located in Robertson County; |
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(7) Fayette County, other than the territory within |
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the Smithville Independent School District; |
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(8) Lee County, other than the territory within the |
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Elgin Independent School District; and |
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(9) the part of the Lexington Independent School |
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District that is located in Bastrop, Milam, and Williamson |
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counties. |
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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 Austin Community College District and |
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the Blinn Junior College District each may continue to treat the |
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areas removed by this Act from the applicable district's service |
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area as if the areas were still in the district's service area as |
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necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior college |
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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. |