Relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas State Technical College System, the official text

S.B. No. 1242

AN ACT

relating to the acquisition of land and facilities by the Texas

State Technical College System.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 135.02(c), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(c) The board may accept or acquire by purchase in the name

of the State of Texas land and facilities in any of the counties in

which a campus or extension center is located. [The coordinating

board must review and approve the acceptance or acquisition of any

land and facilities if:

[(1) the board of regents requests to place the land

and facilities on its educational and general buildings and

facilities inventory; and

[(2) the combined value of the land and facilities is

more than $300,000 at the time the board of regents requests the

property to be added to the educational and general buildings and

facilities inventory.]

SECTION 2. 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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1242 passed the Senate on

May 5, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1242 passed the House on

May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor