84R1667 JSL-F
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 658
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical
College System in Fort Bend County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:
(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in
McLennan County;
(2) a campus located in the city of Harlingen in
Cameron County;
(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a
collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in
the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of Abilene in
Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and the city
of Breckenridge in Stephens County;
(4) a campus located in the city of Marshall in
Harrison County;
(5) a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan
County;
(6) a campus located in the city of Richmond in Fort
Bend County;
(7) an extension center located in Ellis County; and
(8) [(7)] campuses assigned to the system from time to
time by specific legislative Act.
SECTION 2. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or
extension center within the tax district of a public junior college
that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be
established that the public junior college is not capable of
offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is
established that a need for the program exists and that the program
is not locally available, the campus or extension center may offer
the program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating
board. Approval of technical-vocational programs under this
section does not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, and
Potter counties.
SECTION 3. 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.