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By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 2809



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the certification of school district financial 
officers.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 44.0012 to read as follows:
	Section 44.0012.  DISTRICT FINANCIAL OFFICER.  (a)  Except 
as provided by subsection (b), the district employee responsible 
for the fiscal management of the school district shall complete a 
professional certification course that teaches professional 
business practices and provides recognized standards of 
professional competence for school business administrators, 
officials, and specialists in the state of Texas.
	(b)  An employee who is a certified public accountant under 
Chapter 901 of the Occupations Code is exempt from the requirements 
of this section.
	(c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to 
implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  No later than January 1, 2006, the Texas 
Education Agency shall provide a list of approved certification 
courses.  A school district financial officer employed by a school 
district on or before January 1, 2006 must complete the 
certification course by July 1, 2005.
	SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2006–2007 
school year. 
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all 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 September 1, 2005.