H.B. No. 1146
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on audits of an open-enrollment charter
school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.1163, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) To the extent consistent with this section [Subsection
(b)], the commissioner may audit the records of:
(1) an open-enrollment charter school;
(2) a charter holder; and
(3) a management company.
(c) Unless the commissioner has specific cause to conduct an
additional audit, the commissioner may not conduct more than one
on-site audit under Section 12.1163 during any fiscal year,
including any financial and administrative records. For purposes
of this subsection, an audit of a charter holder or management
company associated with an open-enrollment charter school is not
considered an audit of the school.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1146 was passed by the House on April
24, 2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1146 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1146 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor