H.B. No. 2424
AN ACT
relating to exempting Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State
College--Port Arthur from certain requirements relating to student
admissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.805, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) This section does not apply to Lamar State
College--Orange or Lamar State College--Port Arthur as long as
those institutions operate as two-year lower-division institutions
of higher education.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2424 was passed by the House on May 5,
2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2424 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor