{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-135.02","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 135.02","heading":"LOCATION.","body":"(a) The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:\n(1) a system office located in the city of Waco in McLennan County;\n(2) a campus located in Cameron County;\n(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;\n(4) a campus located in Harrison County;\n(5) a campus located in McLennan County;\n(6) a campus located in Fort Bend County;\n(7) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one or more locations in Ellis County;\n(8) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one or more locations in Comal County and Guadalupe County;\n(9) a campus located in Denton County;\n(10) a campus that operates as a collective unit of one or more locations in Williamson County east of State Highway 130 and Interstate Highway 35; and\n(11) campuses assigned to the system from time to time by specific legislative Act.\n(b) The system may operate an extension center created after September 1, 1991, in a city or county if:\n(1) the coordinating board has given prior approval to the extension center, after considering the role and mission of the system, the needs of this state and of the community involved, the actions of the legislature, if any, and the efficient and effective use of the state's educational resources for the economic development of this state;\n(2) a political subdivision of this state provides and maintains appropriate equipment and facilities for the delivery of technical-vocational education, including maintenance and utilities; and\n(3) funding for the extension center is approved by specific legislative Act.\n(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.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3316, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3341, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1971; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 464, Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1 to 3, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 287, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 3; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1363, Sec. 1, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 238, Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 514), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 489), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 3640), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 49 (H.B. 1051), Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (H.B. 658), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2015.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (H.B. 3287), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 635 (H.B. 4997), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2023.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 809 (S.B. 1242), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM","CHAPTER 135. TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.135.htm#135.02","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"fef2c94b964f40151502e98dcdb72fada35d581208cea5e8abb700e772334d89","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-135.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-135.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}