78R7619 SLO-D

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 1856



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of laws relating to conflicts of 
interest to regional education service centers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.