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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of proceeds from a junior college district |
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branch campus maintenance tax. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.087(k), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(k) The proceeds of the junior college district branch |
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campus maintenance tax may be used only as follows: |
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(1) to operate and maintain a junior college district |
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branch campus and [to] support its programs and services in the area |
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of the political subdivision [a jurisdiction] that levied the |
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[levies a junior college district branch campus maintenance] tax; |
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and |
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(2) under an agreement by the applicable junior |
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college district and the political subdivision levying the tax, to |
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make lease payments to the political subdivision for facilities |
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used exclusively by the branch campus that are owned by the |
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political subdivision [to operate, maintain, and support the same
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junior college district branch campus]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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proceeds of a junior college district branch campus maintenance tax |
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levied under Section 130.087, Education Code, without regard to |
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whether imposition of the tax was approved by the voters or the |
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proceeds were derived from taxes imposed before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this 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, 2013. |