Bill Text: TX SB1514 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of limited purpose public junior college districts by certain independent school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1514 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1514-Introduced.html
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| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1514 | |
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| relating to the establishment of limited purpose public junior | ||
| college districts by certain independent school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 130.011, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) An independent school district located in a county with | ||
| a population of less than 45,000 that does not meet the scholastic | ||
| population requirements of Section 130.032 may establish a limited | ||
| purpose junior college district under this subchapter to meet the | ||
| career and technical interests of students and employers in the | ||
| district. A limited purpose junior college district is not | ||
| required to provide the programs described by Section | ||
| 130.003(e)(4), (5), or (8). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 130.017, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) For a limited purpose junior college district | ||
| established under Section 130.011(c), the proposition described by | ||
| Subsection (b) must provide that the junior college district may | ||
| not levy ad valorem taxes at a rate that, when combined with the | ||
| rate charged by the independent school district, exceeds the rate | ||
| charged by the independent school district before the board of | ||
| trustees divested its authority as governing board of the junior | ||
| college district. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
