Bill Text: TX HB2876 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2876-Introduced.html
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By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 2876 |
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relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 130.166, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE | ||
AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District | ||
includes the territory within: | ||
(1) Hays, [ |
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(2) Travis County, except the territory within the | ||
Marble Falls Independent School District; | ||
(3) Williamson County, except the territory within the | ||
Florence, Granger, Hutto, Lexington, Taylor, and Thrall | ||
independent school districts; | ||
(4) the part of the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated | ||
Independent School District located in Gonzales County; | ||
(5) the part of the San Marcos Consolidated | ||
Independent School District located in Guadalupe County; | ||
(6) Bastrop County, except the territory within the | ||
Lexington Independent School District; | ||
(7) the part of the Elgin Independent School District | ||
located in Lee County; and | ||
(8) the part of the Smithville Independent School | ||
District located in Fayette County. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 130.171, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 130.171. CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. | ||
The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the | ||
territory within: | ||
(1) the Killeen Independent School District, located | ||
in Bell County; | ||
(2) the Copperas Cove Independent School District, | ||
located in Coryell County; | ||
(3) Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell | ||
County; | ||
(4) Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, | ||
Mason, Mills, and San Saba counties; | ||
(5) the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school | ||
districts located in McCullough County; | ||
(6) the Burnet Consolidated Independent School | ||
District located in Burnet County; | ||
(7) the Florence Independent School District; | ||
(8) the part of the Lampasas Independent School | ||
District that is located in Burnet County; | ||
(9) the part of the Lampasas Independent School | ||
District that is located in Bell County; | ||
(10) the part of the Copperas Cove Independent School | ||
District that is located in Bell County; and | ||
(11) the Marble Falls Independent School District. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
beginning with the 2015 fall semester, except that during the | ||
2015-2016 academic year the Austin Community College District may | ||
continue to treat the area removed by this Act from the district's | ||
service area as if the area were still in the district's service | ||
area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior | ||
college services in the area. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |