BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2194 |
By: King, Phil |
Higher Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties suggest that each county in which a branch campus of the Weatherford Junior College District is located and that imposed a branch campus maintenance tax on a certain date should have greater representation on the district board of trustees. C.S.H.B. 2194 seeks to address the membership of the board of trustees of the Weatherford Junior College District.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2194 amends the Education Code to require the commissioners court of each county in which a branch campus of the Weatherford Junior College District is located and that imposed a branch campus maintenance tax on September 1, 2017, to appoint one member to serve on the district's board of trustees, in addition to members of the board otherwise elected or appointed. These additional board members serve two-year terms and may be appointed to serve successive terms. The bill requires the applicable commissioners courts to appoint the initial members not later than November 30, 2017, to serve a term beginning December 1, 2017.
C.S.H.B. 2194 authorizes the additional members to participate in the decision-making of the board to the same extent as any other member of the board, including by voting on any budget that affects the entire district, but not in the decision-making of the board in matters related to the imposition of a tax or an issue that only affects a campus located in the junior college district. The bill establishes that an additional member is not counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum of the board is present for such matters and prohibits an additional member from serving as an officer of the board. The bill provides for the severability of its provisions, which expire on December 1, 2027.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2194 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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