By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 1622 75R6584 CAS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to information published by the state auditor comparing 1-3 expenditures by school districts. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 321.020 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 321.020. SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPENDITURE INFORMATION. 1-8 Before the State Auditor may publish information comparing 1-9 expenditures by school districts, the comptroller must approve the 1-10 methodology the State Auditor proposes to use to make the 1-11 comparisons. In making that approval decision, the comptroller 1-12 shall consult with the Texas Education Agency concerning the 1-13 accuracy of the proposed methodology. 1-14 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-20 passage, and it is so enacted.