83R3421 JRJ-F
By: S. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 813
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer
baccalaureate degree programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.0012(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The coordinating board shall authorize baccalaureate
degree programs at:
(1) each public junior college that previously
participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree
programs; and
(2) one or more public junior colleges that offer a
degree program in the field of nursing if the public junior college
is located in a county with a population greater than 3.3 million at
the time the degree is initially offered.
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, 2013.