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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain |
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independent school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.032, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.032. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), in [In] order for any territorial unit set out in |
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Sections 130.011 and 130.031 of this code to establish the |
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applicable type of junior college, the proposed district must have |
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a taxable property valuation of not less than $2.5 billion in the |
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next preceding year and a total scholastic population of not less |
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than 15,000 in the next preceding school year. |
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(b) An independent school district that is located in a |
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county with a population of less than 40,000 in which no junior |
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college campus is located and that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of more than 3.3 million may establish a junior college |
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under Section 130.011 if the proposed junior college district has a |
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taxable property valuation greater than $5 billion in the next |
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preceding year and a total scholastic population greater than 5,000 |
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in the next preceding year. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |