Amend SB 218 (house committee report) as follows:
      (1)  Between SECTIONS 1 and 2 of the bill (page 3, between
lines 14 and 15), insert the following new SECTION 2:
      SECTION 1. Section 44.008(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (d)  A copy of the annual audit report, approved by the board
of trustees, shall be filed by the district with the agency not
later than the 150th <120th> day after the end of the fiscal year
for which the audit was made.  If the board of trustees declines or
refuses to approve its auditor's report, it shall nevertheless file
with the agency a copy of the audit report with its statement
detailing reasons for failure to approve the report.
      (2)  In existing SECTION 2 of the bill (page 3, line 15),
strike "SECTION 2" and substitute "SECTION 3".
      (3)  Following existing SECTION 2 of the bill (page 3,
following line 22), insert the following:
      (d)  Section 44.008, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
applies beginning with the annual audit of school districts for the
2001-2002 school year.