| 1 | | - | By: Zerwas, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 658 |
|---|
| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2015; |
|---|
| 3 | | - | April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
|---|
| 4 | | - | Education; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
|---|
| 5 | | - | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.) |
|---|
| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
|---|
| 1 | + | H.B. No. 658 |
|---|
| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 11 | 5 | | relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical |
|---|
| 12 | 6 | | College System in Fort Bend County. |
|---|
| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
|---|
| 15 | 9 | | read as follows: |
|---|
| 16 | 10 | | (a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
|---|
| 17 | 11 | | (1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
|---|
| 18 | 12 | | McLennan County; |
|---|
| 19 | 13 | | (2) a campus located in the city of Harlingen in |
|---|
| 20 | 14 | | Cameron County; |
|---|
| 21 | 15 | | (3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
|---|
| 22 | 16 | | collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in |
|---|
| 23 | 17 | | the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of Abilene in |
|---|
| 24 | 18 | | Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and the city |
|---|
| 25 | 19 | | of Breckenridge in Stephens County; |
|---|
| 26 | 20 | | (4) a campus located in the city of Marshall in |
|---|
| 27 | 21 | | Harrison County; |
|---|
| 28 | 22 | | (5) a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan |
|---|
| 29 | 23 | | County; |
|---|
| 30 | 24 | | (6) a campus located in Fort Bend County; |
|---|
| 31 | 25 | | (7) an extension center located in Ellis County; and |
|---|
| 32 | 26 | | (8) [(7)] campuses assigned to the system from time to |
|---|
| 33 | 27 | | time by specific legislative Act. |
|---|
| 34 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to |
|---|
| 35 | 29 | | read as follows: |
|---|
| 36 | 30 | | (b) Before any program may be offered by a campus or |
|---|
| 37 | 31 | | extension center within the tax district of a public junior college |
|---|
| 38 | 32 | | that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be |
|---|
| 39 | 33 | | established that the public junior college is not capable of |
|---|
| 40 | 34 | | offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is |
|---|
| 41 | 35 | | established that a need for the program exists and that the program |
|---|
| 42 | 36 | | is not locally available, the campus or extension center may offer |
|---|
| 43 | 37 | | the program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating |
|---|
| 44 | 38 | | board. Approval of technical-vocational programs under this |
|---|
| 45 | 39 | | section does not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, and |
|---|
| 46 | 40 | | Potter counties. |
|---|
| 47 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 48 | 42 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 49 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 50 | 44 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 51 | 45 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
|---|
| 52 | | - | * * * * * |
|---|
| 46 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
|---|
| 47 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
|---|
| 48 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 658 was passed by the House on April |
|---|
| 49 | + | 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
|---|
| 50 | + | voting. |
|---|
| 51 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 52 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
|---|
| 53 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 658 was passed by the Senate on May |
|---|
| 54 | + | 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
|---|
| 55 | + | ______________________________ |
|---|
| 56 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
|---|
| 57 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
|---|
| 58 | + | Date |
|---|
| 59 | + | _____________________ |
|---|
| 60 | + | Governor |
|---|