Amend CSHB 7 by adding the following new section,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent sections
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 11.064, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 249, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003,
is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding
Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as followings:
(a) The board of trustees [A trustee] of an independent
school district by resolution adopted by majority vote may require
each member of the board to [with an enrollment of at least 5,000
students shall] file the financial statement required of state
officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with:
(1) the board of trustees; and
(2) the Texas Ethics Commission.
(a-1) Not later than the 15th day after the date a board of
trustees adopts a resolution under Subsection (a), the board shall
deliver a certified copy of the resolution to the Texas Ethics
Commission.
(a-2) A resolution adopted under Subsection (a) applies
beginning on January 1 of the second year following the year in
which the resolutions is adopted. A member of a board of trustees
that has adopted a resolution under Subsection (a) is not required
to include, in a financial disclosure statement under this section,
financial activity occurring before January 1 of the year following
the year in which the resolution is adopted.
(c) A trustee serving in a school district that has adopted
a resolution under Subsection (a) [subject to this section] commits
an offense if the trustee fails to file the statement required by
the resolution [this section]. An offense under this section is a
Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION ____. Section. 6.08, Chapter 249, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed.