H.B. No. 4997
AN ACT
relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System
located in Comal County and Guadalupe County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:
(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in
McLennan County;
(2) a campus located in the city of Harlingen in
Cameron County;
(3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a
collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in
the city of Sweetwater in Nolan County, the city of Abilene in
Taylor County, the city of Brownwood in Brown County, and the city
of Breckenridge in Stephens County;
(4) a campus located in the city of Marshall in
Harrison County;
(5) a campus located in the city of Waco in McLennan
County;
(6) a campus located in Fort Bend County;
(7) a campus located in the city of Red Oak in Ellis
County; [and]
(8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one
or more locations in Comal County and Guadalupe County; and
(9) campuses assigned to the system from time to time
by specific legislative Act.
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, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4997 was passed by the House on April
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 23, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4997 was passed by the Senate on May
23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor