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| 1 | - | By: Pacheco, Cortez, Allison, Gervin-Hawkins, H.B. No. 4165 | |
| 2 | - | Minjarez, et al. | |
| 1 | + | By: Pacheco H.B. No. 4165 | |
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| 5 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 6 | relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education | |
| 8 | 7 | Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer | |
| 9 | 8 | baccalaureate degree programs. | |
| 10 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 130.306, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | - | amending Subsection (b) and adding | |
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| 14 | - | (b) Except as | |
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| 11 | + | amending subsection (b) and adding subsection (d) to read as | |
| 12 | + | follows: | |
| 13 | + | (b) Except as provided by Subsections (a) and (d), a public | |
| 14 | + | junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this | |
| 15 | + | subchapter may not offer more than three baccalaureate degree | |
| 16 | + | programs at any time. | |
| 18 | 17 | (d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree | |
| 19 | 18 | program under this subchapter that is located in a county with a | |
| 20 | - | population of more than 1, | |
| 19 | + | population of more than 1,800,000 based on United States Census | |
| 21 | 20 | 2010 data and that is located within 180 miles of the Texas-Mexico | |
| 22 | - | border may not offer more than five baccalaureate degree programs | |
| 23 | - | at any time. | |
| 24 | - | (e) At any time, South Texas College may not offer more than | |
| 25 | - | six baccalaureate degree programs under this subchapter. | |
| 21 | + | border may not offer more than six baccalaureate degree programs at | |
| 22 | + | any time. | |
| 26 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |