H.B. No. 776




AN ACT
relating to the Wharton County Junior College District service area. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 130.211, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA. The service area of the Wharton County Junior College District includes the territory within: (1) Wharton County; (2) the Needville Independent School District in Fort Bend County; (3) the Wallis-Orchard Independent School District located in Austin County; (4) the Columbus and Weimer independent school districts located in Colorado County; (5) the Rice Consolidated Independent School District located in Colorado County; (6) the Kendleton and Lamar independent school districts located in Fort Bend County; (7) the Bay City, Boling, Matagorda, Palacios, Tidehaven, and Van Vleck independent school districts located in Matagorda County; [and] (8) the Ganado Independent School District located in Jackson County; and (9) the incorporated area and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Sugar Land located in Fort Bend County. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with the 2005 fall semester. 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, 2005. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the House on May 13, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor