85R8975 JRJ-F
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3512
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain
independent school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.032, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.032. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided by
Subsection (b), in [In] order for any territorial unit set out in
Sections 130.011 and 130.031 of this code to establish the
applicable type of junior college, the proposed district must have
a taxable property valuation of not less than $2.5 billion in the
next preceding year and a total scholastic population of not less
than 15,000 in the next preceding school year.
(b) An independent school district in which no junior
college campus is located may establish a junior college under
Section 130.011 if the proposed district has a taxable property
valuation greater than $5 billion in the next preceding year and a
total scholastic population greater than 5,000 in the next
preceding year.
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, 2017.