Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 191 adds a new Government Code chapter to set restrictions on contracts with, or reassignment of the executive heads of state agencies in the executive branch, university systems and public institutions of higher education other than public junior colleges, and river authorities. An entity may not contract with its current executive head, with a former executive head from the preceding four years, or with the executive head of an entity affected by the act unless its governing body gives the Legislative Budget Board advance notice of the contract terms and votes to approve the contract in an open meeting. The act provides also that an executive head may not be reassigned to another position within the entity except by governing body approval in an open meeting. Contract terms or reassignments are subject to public disclosure under the open records law, as are any records relating to monetary or other consideration granted in connection with the settlement, compromise, or other resolution of a difference between an entity and its current or former executive head. Withholding such records is a Class A misdemeanor.