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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the allocation of the campuses of the Texas State |
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Technical College System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
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(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
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McLennan County; |
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(2) a campus located in Cameron County; |
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(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
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collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in |
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Nolan County, Taylor County, Brown County, and Stephens County; |
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(4) a campus located in Harrison County; |
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(5) a campus located in McLennan County; |
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(6) a campus located in Fort Bend County; |
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(7) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations in Ellis County; |
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(8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations in Comal County, [and] Guadalupe County, and |
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Wilson County; |
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(9) a campus located in Denton County; |
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(10) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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or more locations in Williamson County east of State Highway 130 and |
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Interstate Highway 35; [and] |
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(11) a campus located in Starr County; and |
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(12) campuses assigned to the system from time to time |
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by specific legislative Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or |
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extension center within the tax district of a public junior college |
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that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be |
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established that the public junior college is not capable of |
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offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established |
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that a need for the program exists and that the program is not |
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locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the |
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program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board. |
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Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does |
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not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, Comal, Denton, |
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Guadalupe, Williamson, Wilson, [and] Potter, and Starr Counties. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.063(e), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not prevent a junior college district |
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from annexing territory located in Brown County, Comal County, |
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Denton County, Guadalupe County, [or] Williamson County, Starr |
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County, or Wilson County. |
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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, 2025. |