Floor Packet Page No. 380                                                   

	
Amend CSHB 1 in Article III by adding the following 
appropriately numbered rider to Section 5 (page III-200) in the 
Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher 
Education:
	__.  Administrative Accountability.  (a)  In each state 
fiscal year of the biennium, an institution of higher education, 
including a system office, may not spend funds appropriated to the 
institution by this Act unless, not later than December 1, the 
institution submits to the Legislative Budget Board, the chair of 
the House Appropriations Committee, and the chair of the Senate 
Finance Committee a report that includes the total number of 
persons holding high-ranking administrative positions at the 
institution.
	(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a), "high-ranking 
administrative position" includes the following positions:
		(1)  chancellor;                                                              
		(2)  vice chancellor;                                                         
		(3)  associate chancellor;                                                    
		(4)  assistant chancellor;                                                    
		(5)  president;                                                               
		(6)  vice president;                                                          
		(7)  associate vice president;                                                
		(8)  assistant vice president;                                                
		(9)  dean;                                                                    
		(10)  associate dean;                                                         
		(11)  assistant dean; and                                                     
		(12)  any other administrative position having similar 
responsibilities to the other positions listed in this subsection.
	(c)  A report submitted under Subsection (a) must:                             
		(1)  be in a form prescribed by the Legislative Budget 
Board;               
		(2)  include the name, salary, and total value of 
nonsalary benefits for each person holding a high-ranking 
administrative position at the institution; and
		(3)  include the percentage salary increase for each 
person holding a high-ranking administrative position at the 
institution who occupies the same position during the current 
fiscal year as during the preceding fiscal year.
	(d)  Not later than the seventh day after the date an 
institution of higher education submits the report required by 
Subsection (a), the institution shall make a copy of the report 
available for public inspection in the library of the institution.