By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1778


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting requirements by officers of junior college 
districts. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 130.0831 to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0831.  FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE.  
(a)  A member of the board of trustees of a junior college district 
shall file the financial statement required of state officers under 
Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with:
		(1)  the board of trustees of the junior college 
district; and       
		(2)  The Texas Ethics Commission.                                      
	(b)  Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:                        
		(1)  applies to a trustee of a junior college district 
as if the trustee were a state officer; and
		(2)  governs the contents, timeliness of filing, and 
public inspection of a statement filed under this section.
	(c)  A trustee subject to this section commits an offense if 
the trustee fails to file the statement required by this section.  
An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.