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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. Section 130.166, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE |
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AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District |
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includes the territory within: |
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(1) Hays, [Gillespie,] Caldwell, and Blanco counties; |
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(2) Travis County, except the territory within the |
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Marble Falls Independent School District; |
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(3) Williamson County, except the territory within the |
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Florence, Granger, Hutto, Lexington, Taylor, and Thrall |
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independent school districts; |
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(4) the part of the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated |
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Independent School District located in Gonzales County; |
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(5) the part of the San Marcos Consolidated |
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Independent School District located in Guadalupe County; |
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(6) Bastrop County, except the territory within the |
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Lexington Independent School District; |
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(7) the part of the Elgin Independent School District |
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located in Lee County; and |
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(8) the part of the Smithville Independent School |
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District located in Fayette County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.171, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.171. CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. |
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The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the |
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territory within: |
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(1) the Killeen Independent School District, located |
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in Bell County; |
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(2) the Copperas Cove Independent School District, |
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located in Coryell County; |
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(3) Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell |
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County; |
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(4) Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, |
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Mason, Mills, and San Saba counties; |
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(5) the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school |
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districts located in McCullough County; |
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(6) the Burnet Consolidated Independent School |
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District located in Burnet County; |
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(7) the Florence Independent School District; |
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(8) the part of the Lampasas Independent School |
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District that is located in Burnet County; |
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(9) the part of the Lampasas Independent School |
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District that is located in Bell County; |
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(10) the part of the Copperas Cove Independent School |
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District that is located in Bell County; and |
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(11) the Marble Falls Independent School District. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2015 fall semester, except that during the |
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2015-2016 academic year the Austin Community College District may |
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continue to treat the area removed by this Act from the district's |
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service area as if the area were still in the district's service |
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area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior |
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college services in the area. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |