tx-May82026-81: 19 TAC §§8.91 - 8.101 (New) — Creation, Expansion, Dissolution, or Conservatorship of Public Community College Districts

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Summary

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Coordinating Board) adopts new rules in Title 19, Part 1, Chapter 8, Subchapter E, §8.95, and §8.96, Branch Campus Maintenance Tax, with changes to the proposed text in the January 16, 2026, issue of the Texas Register (51 TexReg 246). The rules will be republished. Sections 8.91 - 8.94, and 8.97 - 8.101 are adopted without changes and not be republished. The new rules clarify and streamline the processes regarding the establishment of the branch campus maintenance tax process. Texas Education Code, §61.053, §130.001(b)(3) - (4), and §130.253 provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to adopt policies, enact regulations, and establish rules to adopt policies, enact regulations, and establish rules for a school district or county to request authorization from the Board to hold an election to establish and levy a branch campus maintenance tax. Rule 8.91, Purpose, designates the purpose of the new rules as outlining processes to obtain the Coordinating Board's authorization to call a branch maintenance tax election. Rule 8.92, Authority, indicates the Coordinating Board has the authority to adopt policies, enact regulations,...

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