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Amend CSSB 292 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 8, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 8.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 8.008. APPLICABILITY OF LAWS RELATING TO CONFLICT OF
INTEREST. (a) A member of the board of directors and the executive
director of a regional education service center are each considered
to be a local public official for purposes of Chapter 171, Local
Government Code. For purposes of that chapter a member of the board
of directors and the executive director of a regional education
service center are each considered to have a substantial interest
in a business entity if a person related to the member or the
executive director in the third degree by consanguinity or
affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, has a
substantial interest in the business entity under Section 171.002,
Local Government Code.
(b) A regional education service center is considered to be
a political subdivision for purposes of Section 131.903, Local
Government Code.
(c) To the extent consistent with this section, if a law
described by this section applies to a school district or the board
of trustees of a school district, the law applies to a regional
education service center and the board of directors and executive
director of a regional education service center.