84R11533 JRJ-F
 
  By: Creighton S.B. No. 1514
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of limited purpose public junior
  college districts by certain independent school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 130.011, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  An independent school district located in a county with
  a population of less than 45,000 that does not meet the scholastic
  population requirements of Section 130.032 may establish a limited
  purpose junior college district under this subchapter to meet the
  career and technical interests of students and employers in the
  district. A limited purpose junior college district is not
  required to provide the programs described by Section
  130.003(e)(4), (5), or (8).
         SECTION 2.  Section 130.017, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  For a limited purpose junior college district
  established under Section 130.011(c), the proposition described by
  Subsection (b) must provide that the junior college district may
  not levy ad valorem taxes at a rate that, when combined with the
  rate charged by the independent school district, exceeds the rate
  charged by the independent school district before the board of
  trustees divested its authority as governing board of the junior
  college district.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.