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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 certain junior college districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.1615 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.1615. JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA |
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TERRITORY. A reassignment of territory from the service area of one |
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junior college district to the service area of another junior |
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college district made by an amendment to this subchapter enacted on |
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or after September 1, 2013, does not include territory located |
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within the boundaries of the taxing district of the junior college |
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district from whose service area the territory is removed unless |
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the Act making the reassignment expressly provides that the |
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reassigned territory includes territory located within the |
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boundaries of the taxing district of that junior college district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.186, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.186. LEE COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The |
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service area of the Lee College District includes the territory |
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within: |
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(1) the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School |
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District; and |
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(2) the Crosby, Dayton, Liberty, Barbers Hill, |
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Anahuac, [Huffman,] Devers, East Chambers, Hardin, and |
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Hull-Daisetta independent school districts. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.191, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.191. LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT SERVICE |
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AREA. The service area of the Lone Star College System District |
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includes the territory within: |
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(1) the Aldine, Conroe, Cypress-Fairbanks, Huffman, |
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Humble, New Caney, Spring, Tomball, Magnolia, Willis, Montgomery, |
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Splendora, Cleveland, Tarkington, and Klein independent school |
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districts; and |
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(2) the Huntsville and New Waverly independent school |
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districts in Walker County. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2013 fall semester, except that during the |
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2013-2014 academic year the Lee College District may continue to |
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treat the area removed by this Act from the district's service area |
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as if the area 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 5. 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, 2013. |