84R11533 JRJ-F
By: Creighton S.B. No. 1514
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of limited purpose public junior
college districts by certain independent school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An independent school district located in a county with
a population of less than 45,000 that does not meet the scholastic
population requirements of Section 130.032 may establish a limited
purpose junior college district under this subchapter to meet the
career and technical interests of students and employers in the
district. A limited purpose junior college district is not
required to provide the programs described by Section
130.003(e)(4), (5), or (8).
SECTION 2. Section 130.017, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) For a limited purpose junior college district
established under Section 130.011(c), the proposition described by
Subsection (b) must provide that the junior college district may
not levy ad valorem taxes at a rate that, when combined with the
rate charged by the independent school district, exceeds the rate
charged by the independent school district before the board of
trustees divested its authority as governing board of the junior
college district.
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.