Amend Floor Amendment No. 20 to CSHB 7, by striking (c) and
inserting new subsection (c) and (d) as follows:
(c) The commissioner may require the members of the board of
trustees of an independent school district to file the financial
statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter
572, Government Code in the same manner as a board that has adopted
a resolution under subsection (a) upon determining that:
(1) one or more individual board members have failed
to comply with disclosure and recusal requirements applicable to
school boards under Chapter 171, Local Government Code;
(2) the district financial accounting practices are
not adequate to safeguard state and district funds;
(3) the district has not met a standard set by the
commissioner in the Financial Accountability Rating System; or
(4) upon a recommendation by the comptroller pursuant
to a Texas Performance Review of the district.
(c-1) The commissioner may require filing financial
statements under subsection (c) covering no more than three fiscal
years and beginning on January 1 of the second year following the
finding required under this subsection, but may renew the
requirement upon making determining that one or more of the
conditions in subsection (c) continue to exist.
(d) 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.