H.B. No. 978
 
AN ACT
relating to publication of the annual financial statement by a
school district.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 140.006(d), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (d)  A statement shall be published not later than two months
after the date the fiscal year ends, except that a school district's
statement shall be published not later than the 150th [120th] day
after the date the fiscal year ends and in accordance with the
accounting method required by the Texas Education Agency [Central
Education Agency].
       SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2007.
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   President of the SenateSpeaker of the House      
       I certify that H.B. No. 978 was passed by the House on March
15, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House   
       I certify that H.B. No. 978 was passed by the Senate on April
26, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate    
APPROVED:  _____________________
APPROVED:  _____________________
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                 Governor