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      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.               ______________________________ ______________________________      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.       ______________________________   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.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor