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AN ACT
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relating to expanding the availability of classrooms and other |
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facilities for use by public junior colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.975 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.975. SHARING OF UNDERUSED CLASSROOMS. (a) A public |
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institution of higher education may make the institution's |
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classrooms not scheduled for use by the institution or by students, |
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student organizations, or faculty of the institution between 5 p.m. |
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and 10 p.m. on one or more weekdays or between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on |
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one or more Saturdays available for that day to another public |
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junior college on request for teaching courses in the core |
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curriculum, as defined by Section 61.821, or continuing education |
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courses. |
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(b) A public institution of higher education that under |
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Subsection (a) makes a classroom available to another institution |
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shall continue to make that classroom, or a comparable classroom, |
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available to the other institution for the duration of the semester |
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or other academic term. |
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(c) An institution of higher education may charge another |
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institution for the use of a classroom under this section at a rate |
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not to exceed the rate permitted for this purpose as determined by |
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the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The coordinating |
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board shall establish those rates in an amount to reimburse the host |
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institution for utility costs and other costs, such as maintenance |
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and custodial services, based on the infrastructure formula funding |
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that the host institution would receive if teaching a course in that |
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space itself for that time. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 746 was passed by the House on May 12, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 746 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 746 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |