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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical |
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College System in Ellis County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 in |
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the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of Abilene in |
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Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and the city |
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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; |
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(6) a campus [an extension center] located in the city |
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of Red Oak in Ellis County; and |
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(7) campuses assigned to the system from time to time |
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by specific legislative Act. |
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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 |
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established that a need for the program exists and that the program |
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is not locally available, the campus or extension center may offer |
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the program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating |
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board. Approval of technical-vocational programs under this |
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section does not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Ellis, and |
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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, 2015. |