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| 1 | + | 85R8975 JRJ-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3512 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3512: | |
| 4 | - | By: Lozano C.S.H.B. No. 3512 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain | |
| 10 | 8 | independent school districts. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 130.032, Education Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 12 | Sec. 130.032. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided by | |
| 15 | 13 | Subsection (b), in [In] order for any territorial unit set out in | |
| 16 | 14 | Sections 130.011 and 130.031 of this code to establish the | |
| 17 | 15 | applicable type of junior college, the proposed district must have | |
| 18 | 16 | a taxable property valuation of not less than $2.5 billion in the | |
| 19 | 17 | next preceding year and a total scholastic population of not less | |
| 20 | 18 | than 15,000 in the next preceding school year. | |
| 21 | - | (b) An independent school district that is located in a | |
| 22 | - | county with a population of less than 40,000 in which no junior | |
| 23 | - | college campus is located and that is adjacent to a county with a | |
| 24 | - | population of more than 3.3 million may establish a junior college | |
| 25 | - | under Section 130.011 if the proposed junior college district has a | |
| 26 | - | taxable property valuation greater than $5 billion in the next | |
| 27 | - | preceding year and a total scholastic population greater than 5,000 | |
| 28 | - | in the next preceding year. | |
| 19 | + | (b) An independent school district in which no junior | |
| 20 | + | college campus is located may establish a junior college under | |
| 21 | + | Section 130.011 if the proposed district has a taxable property | |
| 22 | + | valuation greater than $5 billion in the next preceding year and a | |
| 23 | + | total scholastic population greater than 5,000 in the next | |
| 24 | + | preceding year. | |
| 29 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 30 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 31 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 32 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 33 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |