81R9518 JRJ-D
By: Eiland H.B. No. 2951
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appropriations to certain public junior colleges
affected by Hurricane Ike.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.003, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2009, a public junior college
located in a county with a population of more than 250,000 that
borders the Gulf of Mexico and is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than 3.3 million may not be appropriated an
amount that is less than the amount appropriated to the public
junior college for the biennium beginning September 1, 2007. This
subsection expires September 1, 2011.
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.