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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas State Technical College System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 135.011(5), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(5) "Campus" means a [residential] unit of the system |
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that grants associate degrees and certificates. |
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SECTION 2. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
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(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
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McLennan County; |
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(2) a campus located in the city of Harlingen in |
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Cameron County; |
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(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
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collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations |
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[located] in the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of |
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Abilene in Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and |
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the city of Breckenridge in Stephens County; |
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(4) a campus located in the city of Marshall in |
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Harrison County; |
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(5) a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan |
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County; and |
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(6) [extension centers in the city of Brownwood in
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Brown County and the city of Abilene in Taylor County and an
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extension program offered through a rural technology center in the
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city of Breckenridge in Stephens County; and
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[(7)] other campuses assigned to the system from time |
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to time by specific legislative Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |