| 1 | 1 | | 88R12756 JTZ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: LaMantia S.B. No. 1591 |
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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 locations of the campuses of the Texas State |
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| 8 | 8 | | Technical College System. |
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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 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) a system office located in the city of Waco in |
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| 14 | 14 | | McLennan County; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) a campus located in [the city of Harlingen in] |
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| 16 | 16 | | Cameron County; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) a campus serving West Texas that operates as a |
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| 18 | 18 | | collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in |
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| 19 | 19 | | [the city of Sweetwater in] Nolan County, [the city of Abilene in] |
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| 20 | 20 | | Taylor County, [the city of Brownwood in] Brown County, and [the |
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| 21 | 21 | | city of Breckenridge in] Stephens County; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) a campus located [in the city of Marshall] in |
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| 23 | 23 | | Harrison County; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) a campus located [in the city of Waco] in McLennan |
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| 25 | 25 | | County; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6) a campus located in Fort Bend County; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (7) a campus that operates as a collective of one or |
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| 28 | 28 | | more locations [located in the city of Red Oak] in Ellis County; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (8) 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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