Amend HB 2425 by adding the appropriately numbered sections 
to read as follows and renumber the subsequent sections 
accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Sections 130.0012(a) and (b), Education Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall 
authorize a public junior college [colleges] to offer a 
baccalaureate degree program that qualifies under Subsection (e) 
if:
		(1) the program is [programs] in the field [fields] of 
applied science or [and] applied technology; or
		(2) the public junior college previously participated 
in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs [under 
this section.  Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this 
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public 
junior college].
	(b) Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this 
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public 
junior college.  [The coordinating board shall authorize 
baccalaureate degree programs at each public junior college that 
previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate 
degree programs.]
	SECTION ____. 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, 2009.