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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer |
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baccalaureate degree programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.306, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (a) and |
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(d), a public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree |
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program under this subchapter may not offer more than three |
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baccalaureate degree programs at any time. |
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(d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree |
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program under this subchapter that is located in a county with a |
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population of more than 1.8 million and that is located within 180 |
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miles of the Texas-Mexico border may not offer more than six |
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baccalaureate degree programs at any time. |
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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, 2019. |