Bill Text: TX HB2876 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2876-Introduced.html
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| By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 2876 | |
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| relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 130.166, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 130.166. AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE | ||
| AREA. The service area of the Austin Community College District | ||
| includes the territory within: | ||
| (1) Hays, [ |
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| (2) Travis County, except the territory within the | ||
| Marble Falls Independent School District; | ||
| (3) Williamson County, except the territory within the | ||
| Florence, Granger, Hutto, Lexington, Taylor, and Thrall | ||
| independent school districts; | ||
| (4) the part of the Nixon-Smiley Consolidated | ||
| Independent School District located in Gonzales County; | ||
| (5) the part of the San Marcos Consolidated | ||
| Independent School District located in Guadalupe County; | ||
| (6) Bastrop County, except the territory within the | ||
| Lexington Independent School District; | ||
| (7) the part of the Elgin Independent School District | ||
| located in Lee County; and | ||
| (8) the part of the Smithville Independent School | ||
| District located in Fayette County. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 130.171, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 130.171. CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. | ||
| The service area of the Central Texas College District includes the | ||
| territory within: | ||
| (1) the Killeen Independent School District, located | ||
| in Bell County; | ||
| (2) the Copperas Cove Independent School District, | ||
| located in Coryell County; | ||
| (3) Fort Hood and North Fort Hood, located in Bell | ||
| County; | ||
| (4) Coryell, Gillespie, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, | ||
| Mason, Mills, and San Saba counties; | ||
| (5) the Brady, Lohn, and Rochelle independent school | ||
| districts located in McCullough County; | ||
| (6) the Burnet Consolidated Independent School | ||
| District located in Burnet County; | ||
| (7) the Florence Independent School District; | ||
| (8) the part of the Lampasas Independent School | ||
| District that is located in Burnet County; | ||
| (9) the part of the Lampasas Independent School | ||
| District that is located in Bell County; | ||
| (10) the part of the Copperas Cove Independent School | ||
| District that is located in Bell County; and | ||
| (11) the Marble Falls Independent School District. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
| beginning with the 2015 fall semester, except that during the | ||
| 2015-2016 academic year the Austin Community College District may | ||
| continue to treat the area removed by this Act from the district's | ||
| service area as if the area were still in the district's service | ||
| area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior | ||
| college services in the area. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
