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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to junior college district territory annexation and |
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program approval in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.063, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a [A] junior |
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college district may not annex territory under this section if a |
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campus of the Texas State Technical College System is located: |
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(1) within the county in which the territory is |
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located; and |
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(2) outside the junior college district. |
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(e) This section does not prevent a junior college district |
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from annexing territory located in Brown County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or |
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extension center within the tax district of a public junior college |
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that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be |
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established that the public junior college is not capable of |
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offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established |
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that a need for the program exists and that the program is not |
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locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the |
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program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board. |
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Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does |
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not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, and Potter counties. |
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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, 2013. |