Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2344 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2019

                    By: Creighton S.B. No. 2344


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the annexation of territory by a junior college
 district.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Sections 130.063(a) and (c), Education Code, are
 amended to read as follows:
 Sec. 130.063.  EXTENSION OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT
 BOUNDARIES. (a)  Subject to Subsections (b) and (c), territory may
 be annexed to a junior college district by contract under Section
 130.064 or election under Section 130.065, if the territory:
 (1)  is contiguous to the annexing junior college
 district; [or]
 (2)  is located in the service area of the annexing
 district established under Subchapter J; or
 (3)  is located within 60 miles of the annexing
 district boundaries.
 (c)  A junior college district may conduct an annexation
 election to [not] annex territory under this section that is
 included in the service area of another junior college district,
 provided that the territory is not included in the boundaries of
 another junior college district.
 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, 2019.