| 1 | 1 | | 85R8975 JRJ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton S.B. No. 1604 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | independent school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 130.032, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 130.032. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided by |
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| 13 | 13 | | Subsection (b), in [In] order for any territorial unit set out in |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sections 130.011 and 130.031 of this code to establish the |
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| 15 | 15 | | applicable type of junior college, the proposed district must have |
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| 16 | 16 | | a taxable property valuation of not less than $2.5 billion in the |
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| 17 | 17 | | next preceding year and a total scholastic population of not less |
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| 18 | 18 | | than 15,000 in the next preceding school year. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) An independent school district in which no junior |
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| 20 | 20 | | college campus is located may establish a junior college under |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 130.011 if the proposed district has a taxable property |
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| 22 | 22 | | valuation greater than $5 billion in the next preceding year and a |
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| 23 | 23 | | total scholastic population greater than 5,000 in the next |
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| 24 | 24 | | preceding year. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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