HB 238

relating to the allocation of the campuses of the Texas State
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 135.02(a), Education Code, is amended to
(a)  The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:
(1)  a system office located in the city of Waco in
(2)  a campus located in Cameron County;
(3)  a campus serving West Texas that operates as a
collective unit of strategically positioned permanent locations in
Nolan County, Taylor County, Brown County, and Stephens County;
(4)  a campus located in Harrison County;
(5)  a campus located in McLennan County;
(6)  a campus located in Fort Bend County;
(7)  a campus that operates as a collective unit of one
or more locations in Ellis County;
(8)  a campus that operates as a collective unit of one
or more locations in Comal County, [and] Guadalupe County, and
(9)  a campus located in Denton County;
(10)  a campus that operates as a collective unit of one
or more locations in Williamson County east of State Highway 130 and
(11)  a campus located in Starr County; and
(12)  campuses assigned to the system from time to time
SECTION 2.  Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to
(b)  Before any program may be offered by a campus or
extension center within the tax district of a public junior college
that is operating a vocational and technical program, it must be
established that the public junior college is not capable of
offering or is unable to offer the program. After it is established
that a need for the program exists and that the program is not
locally available, the campus or extension center may offer the
program, provided approval is secured from the coordinating board.
Approval of technical-vocational programs under this section does
not apply to Brown, McLennan, Cameron, Fort Bend, Comal, Denton,
Guadalupe, Williamson, Wilson, [and] Potter, and Starr Counties.
SECTION 3.  Section 130.063(e), Education Code, is amended
(e)  This section does not prevent a junior college district
from annexing territory located in Brown County, Comal County,
Denton County, Guadalupe County, [or] Williamson County, Starr
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, 2025.