Sec. 135.02.  LOCATION.  (a)  The Texas State Technical College System is composed of:
(1)  a system office located in the city of Waco in McLennan County;
(2)  a campus located in Cameron County;
(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;
(4)  a campus located in Harrison County;
(5)  a campus located in McLennan County;
(6)  a campus located in Fort Bend County;
(7)  a campus that operates as a collective unit of one or more locations in Ellis County;
(8)  a campus that operates as a collective unit of one or more locations in Comal County and Guadalupe County; 
(9)  a campus located in Denton County; 
(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 
(11)  campuses assigned to the system from time to time by specific legislative Act.
(b)  The system may operate an extension center created after September 1, 1991, in a city or county if:
(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;
(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
(3)  funding for the extension center is approved by specific legislative Act.
(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.
Acts 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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 394 (S.B. 514), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 489), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 3640), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 49 (H.B. 1051), Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (H.B. 658), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 528 (H.B. 3287), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 635 (H.B. 4997), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2023.