87R1730 MM-F     By: Rogers H.B. No. 1723       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to junior college district territory annexation and   program approval in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 130.063(d), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (d)  A [Except as provided by Subsection (e), a] junior   college district may not annex territory under this section if a   campus of the Texas State Technical College System is located:                (1)  within the county in which the territory is   located; and                (2)  outside the junior college district.          SECTION 2.  Section 135.04(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (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,   and Potter Counties [counties].          SECTION 3.  Section 130.063(e), Education Code, is repealed.          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, 2021.