Bill Text: TX SB1604 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain independent school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1604 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1604-Introduced.html
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| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1604 | |
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| relating to the establishment of a junior college by certain | ||
| independent school districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 130.032, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 130.032. RESTRICTIONS. (a) Except as provided by | ||
| Subsection (b), in [ |
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| Sections 130.011 and 130.031 of this code to establish the | ||
| applicable type of junior college, the proposed district must have | ||
| a taxable property valuation of not less than $2.5 billion in the | ||
| next preceding year and a total scholastic population of not less | ||
| than 15,000 in the next preceding school year. | ||
| (b) An independent school district in which no junior | ||
| college campus is located may establish a junior college under | ||
| Section 130.011 if the proposed district has a taxable property | ||
| valuation greater than $5 billion in the next preceding year and a | ||
| total scholastic population greater than 5,000 in the next | ||
| preceding year. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
