79S10026 PAM-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 21 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the receipt of financial benefits by school district 
superintendents for services performed for business entities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.201, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  A superintendent may not receive any financial benefit 
for personal services performed by the superintendent for any 
business entity that conducts or solicits business with the school 
district.  Any financial benefit received by the superintendent for 
performing personal services for any other entity must be approved 
by the board of trustees on a case-by-case basis in an open meeting.
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.201(e), Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to a contract between a superintendent of a 
school district and a business entity that is entered into on or 
after the effective date of this Act. A contract between a 
superintendent of a school district and a business entity that is 
entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by 
the law in effect on the date the contract is entered into, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.