| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 4997 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System |
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| 6 | 6 | | located in Comal County and Guadalupe County. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 9 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
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| 12 | 12 | | McLennan County; |
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| 13 | 13 | | (2) a campus located in the city of Harlingen in |
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| 14 | 14 | | Cameron County; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
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| 16 | 16 | | collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in |
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| 17 | 17 | | the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of Abilene in |
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| 18 | 18 | | Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and the city |
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| 19 | 19 | | of Breckenridge in Stephens County; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) a campus located in the city of Marshall in |
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| 21 | 21 | | Harrison County; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (5) a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan |
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| 23 | 23 | | County; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (6) a campus located in Fort Bend County; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (7) a campus located in the city of Red Oak in Ellis |
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| 26 | 26 | | County; [and] |
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| 27 | 27 | | (8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one |
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| 28 | 28 | | or more locations in Comal County and Guadalupe County; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (9) campuses assigned to the system from time to time |
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| 30 | 30 | | by specific legislative Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4997 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | 39 | | 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 23, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | 40 | | voting. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I certify that H.B. No. 4997 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Date |
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| 49 | 49 | | _____________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Governor |
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