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TX Educ Code § 130.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.034. Tax Levy

Sec. 130.034.  TAX LEVY.  Any petition authorized by Sections 130.011 and 130.033 of this code shall also incorporate therein a request for the proper authorities, in the event an election is ordered for the creation of such district, to submit at the same election the questions of issuing bonds and levying bond taxes, and levying maintenance taxes, in the event the district is created, not to exceed the limits provided in Section 130.122 of this code.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 2999, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.034 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3286, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 130.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.035. Legality of Petition

Sec. 130.035.  LEGALITY OF PETITION.  It shall be the duty of the county school board or boards or the commissioners court or courts petitioned in compliance with Section 130.033 of this code to:(1)  pass upon the legality of the petition and the genuineness of the same;  and(2)  forward the petition, so approved, to the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 2999, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.035 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3286, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.036. Order to Establish

Sec. 130.036.  ORDER TO ESTABLISH.  It shall be the duty of the coordinating board, with the advice of the commissioner of higher education to determine whether or not the conditions set forth in the preceding sections of this chapter have been complied with, and also whether, considering the geographic location of colleges already established, it is feasible and desirable to establish a junior college district.  In the exercise of this authority the board shall develop and publish criteria to be used as a basis for determining the need for a public junior college in the proposed district.  The board shall determine whether programs in a proposed institution would create unnecessary duplication or seriously harm programs in existing community college districts.  It shall be the duty of the coordinating board in making its decision to consider the needs and the welfare of the state as a whole, as well as the welfare of the community involved.  The decision of the coordinating board shall be transmitted through the commissioner of higher education to the county school board or boards or the commissioners court or courts, as the case may be, along with the order of the coordinating board authorizing further procedure in the establishment of the junior college district.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 2999, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.036 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3287, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 130.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.037. Calling Election; Submission of Questions

Sec. 130.037.  CALLING ELECTION;  SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS.  If the coordinating board approves the establishment of the junior college district, it shall then be the duty of the commissioners court or courts to enter an order for an election to be held in the proposed territory at the next authorized election date as provided in Article 2.01b of the Election Code, to determine whether or not such junior college district be created and formed and to submit the questions of issuing bonds and levying bond taxes, and levying maintenance taxes, in the event the district is created.  The order shall contain a description of the metes and bounds of the junior college district to be formed and fix the date of the election.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3000, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.037 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3287, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 130.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.038. Election

Sec. 130.038.  ELECTION.  A majority of the electors in the proposed district, voting in the election, shall determine the question of creation of the junior college district submitted in the order, the election of the original trustees, and the questions of issuing bonds and levying taxes.  A majority of the electors voting in such election shall determine such questions submitted in the order.  In the case of a joint-county junior college district, or a union junior college district, the election shall, by mutual agreement of the court or courts, be held on the same day throughout the proposed district.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3000, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.038 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3287, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2, eff. June 7, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 130.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.039. Election Returns, Canvass, and Result

Sec. 130.039.  ELECTION RETURNS, CANVASS, AND RESULT.  (a)  The commissioners court or courts within 10 days after holding of an election shall make a canvass of the returns and declare the results of the election.(b)  The court or courts shall enter an order on the minutes of the court or courts as to the results.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3000, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.039 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3287, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.040 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.040. Board of Trustees: Union, County, or Joint-County Junior College

Sec. 130.040.  BOARD OF TRUSTEES:  UNION, COUNTY, OR JOINT-COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE.  A union junior college, a county junior college, or a joint-county junior college shall be governed, administered, and controlled by and under the direction of a board of trustees of seven members unless the number of members is increased as authorized by Section 130.082(d).|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3000, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.040 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3288, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1324, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2001.|
TX Educ Code § 130.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.041. Election of Trustees of Union, County, and Joint-County Junior College

Sec. 130.041.  ELECTION OF TRUSTEES OF UNION, COUNTY, AND JOINT-COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE.  The original trustees of a union or a county junior college shall be elected at large from the junior college district by the qualified voters of the district under the rules and regulations provided for in Section 130.042 of this code.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3000, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.041 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3288, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.042. Original Board

Sec. 130.042.  ORIGINAL BOARD.  (a)  The original trustees shall be elected at the same election at which the creation of the district is determined.(b)  Any candidate desiring to be voted upon as a first trustee shall present a petition to the commissioners court or courts within three days before the order authorizing the election is issued by the commissioners court or courts, and shall accompany his petition with a petition signed by not less than two percent of the qualified voters in the district, requesting that his name be placed on the ticket as a candidate for trustee.(c)  The seven candidates for junior college trustee receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall be declared trustees of the district.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3001, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.042 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3288, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter C. Union, County, or Joint-County Junior Colleges|Section 130.043. Organization

Sec. 130.043.  ORGANIZATION.  After the election of the original trustees, the board of trustees shall be organized and constituted, pursuant to the provisions of Section 130.082 of this code and be governed by the provisions thereof.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3001, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.043 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3288, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.061. Extension of Boundaries of a Junior College District Coextensive With an Independent School District

Sec. 130.061.  EXTENSION OF BOUNDARIES OF A JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT COEXTENSIVE WITH AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.  The district boundaries of an independent school district junior college shall automatically be extended so that the boundary lines of the two districts, independent school district and junior college district, shall remain identical when:(1)  the junior college district was created with the same boundary lines as an independent school district;(2)  the boundaries of the independent school district are extended by consolidation, attachment of territory, or otherwise;  and(3)  the board of trustees of the independent school district is also the governing board of the junior college.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3001, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.061 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3289, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.062. Enlarged District: Creation; Resolution; Order

Sec. 130.062.  ENLARGED DISTRICT:  CREATION;  RESOLUTION;  ORDER.  (a)  If the creation of the junior college district and the extension of the boundaries of the independent school district both occurred prior to March 17, 1950, the added territory of the independent school district may be brought into the junior college district in the manner prescribed by this section.(b)  A petition requesting that such territory be added to the junior college district signed by a majority of the registered voters of the territory may be presented to the governing board of the junior college district.(c)  The board shall determine whether the petition is signed by the required majority and if such determination is affirmative and if the board shall also determine that the facilities of the junior college district may be extended to cover adequately the scholastics of the added territory, the board shall pass an order admitting such territory.  The order shall describe by metes and bounds the junior college district as extended;  and a copy of the order shall be filed with the county superintendent.  Thereafter, the territory shall be a part of the junior college district for all intents and purposes.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3001, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.062 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3289, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 88, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Educ Code § 130.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.063. Extension of Junior College District Boundaries

Sec. 130.063.  EXTENSION OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), territory may be annexed to a junior college district by contract under Section 130.064 or election under Section 130.065, if the territory:(1)  is contiguous to the annexing junior college district; or(2)  is located in the service area of the annexing district established under Subchapter J.(b)  Territory may be annexed to a junior college district as provided by this section only if the territory is located wholly within a single school district, county, or municipality.  This subsection does not prohibit a junior college district from conducting annexation elections or other annexation procedures for more than one territory at the same time.(c)  A junior college district may not annex territory under this section that is included in the boundaries of another junior college district.(d)  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.(e)  This section does not prevent a junior college district from annexing territory located in Brown County.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3002, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.063 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3290, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3056, ch. 802, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1397, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 2221), Sec. 4, eff. June 18, 2005.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (H.B. 3332), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 130.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.064. Annexation by Contract

Sec. 130.064.  ANNEXATION BY CONTRACT.  If the annexation is by contract, a petition shall be presented to the governing board of any junior college district, executed by all property owners of all property situated in the territory proposed for annexation.  The petition shall contain a legally sufficient description of the territory proposed for annexation.  The governing board of the junior college district, if it deems the annexation to be in the best interest of the district, may effect the annexation by:(1)  entering its order authorizing the annexation of the territory by contract;  and(2)  then entering into a written agreement duly executed and acknowledged by all persons, corporations, and entities owning property within the territory.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3002, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.064 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3290, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 130.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.066. Automatic Annexation of Certain Territory

Sec. 130.066.  AUTOMATIC ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY.  If the junior college district annexes territory under this subchapter comprising all of a municipality or school district, the governing board by order may annex for junior college purposes any territory later annexed by or added to the municipality or school district.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3291, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1397, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 2221), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 130.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.067. Annexation of County-Line School District for Junior College Purposes

Sec. 130.067.  ANNEXATION OF COUNTY-LINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE PURPOSES.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "County-line school district" means any type of public school district created or organized under general or special law that includes within its boundaries territory that is located in two or more counties of Texas.(2)  "County or joint-county junior college district" means a junior college district that was originally created and organized with the same boundaries as a county or as a group of contiguous counties and that included all of the territory in the county or group of counties and did not include a part of any county without including the entire territory of the county.(b)  A part of a county-line school district that is contiguous to but not included within the boundaries of a county or joint-county junior college district may be annexed to the junior college district for junior college purposes only either by election as provided by Section 130.065 or by order entered pursuant to a petition requesting annexation of the territory as provided by this section.(c)  The county or joint-county junior college district as originally created and organized must have included in its boundaries a part of the county-line school district, and the part of the county-line school district to be annexed may not be included in any other junior college district.(d)  On presentation of a petition, signed by a number of registered voters residing in the part of a county-line school district requesting annexation equal to at least a majority of the registered voters residing in that territory as of the most recent general election for state and county officers to the county judge of the county in which the territory requested to be annexed is located, together with a certified copy of an order by the governing board of the junior college district approving the proposed annexation to the junior college district for junior college purposes only, the county judge shall certify the filing of the petition and order to the commissioners court.  The court at its next meeting shall pass an order declaring the territory annexed to the junior college district.(e)  Territory may be annexed by petition under this section only if the territory is located wholly within a single county.  For territory located in more than one county, a separate petition requesting the annexation of the territory is required for each county. |Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3003, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.066 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3292, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 2221), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 130.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.068. Extending Boundaries of Junior College District in District's Service Area

Sec. 130.068.  EXTENDING BOUNDARIES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT IN DISTRICT'S SERVICE AREA.  (a)  The governing board of a junior college district may order an election on the question of establishing expanded boundaries for the junior college district to encompass all of the territory located within the district's service area established by Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of another junior college district, if more than 35 percent of the total number of students who enrolled in the junior college district in the most recent academic year resided outside of the existing junior college district.(b)  The governing board of a junior college district may order an election on the question of establishing expanded boundaries for the junior college district to encompass part of the territory located within the district's service area established by Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of another junior college district, if more than 15 percent of the high school graduates for each of the preceding five academic years in the territory proposed to be added to the district have enrolled in the junior college district.(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, Section 130.065 applies to an action taken under this section, including the provisions of Section 130.065 requiring a petition to be submitted before an election may be called.(d)  A junior college district may not adopt new boundaries for the district under this section that extend within the service area of another junior college district. |Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3004, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.067 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3292, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1100 (H.B. 2221), Sec. 6, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 130.069 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle G - Non-Baccalaureate System|Chapter 130 - Junior College Districts|Subchapter D. Changes in District Boundaries|Section 130.069. Disannexation of Overlapped Territory

Sec. 130.069.  DISANNEXATION OF OVERLAPPED TERRITORY.  (a)  All junior college districts whose boundaries have or may hereafter become established so that they include territory which prior to such establishment lay, and shall continue to lie, within the boundaries of another junior college district shall have the power to disannex such overlapped territory.(b)  Upon certification by the governing board of such a junior college district to the county board of school trustees of the county in which its college is located that such an overlapping condition exists, the county board may by resolution disannex the overlapped territory from the district, describing such territory by metes and bounds.|Acts 1969, 61st Leg., p. 3003, ch. 889, Sec. 1.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 51.068 by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3293, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|