2007S0567-1 02/28/07
 
  By: Eltife S.B. No. 1133
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exception under the public information law regarding
the name of an applicant for superintendent of a public school
district.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 552.126, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
       Sec. 552.126.  EXCEPTION: NAME OF APPLICANT FOR
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. (a)  The name of an
applicant for the position of superintendent of a public school
district is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021,
except that the board of trustees must give public notice of the
name or names of the finalists being considered for the position at
least 21 days before the date of the meeting at which a final action
or vote is to be taken on the employment of the person.
       (b)  For purposes of this section, a person is considered to
be a finalist for the position of superintendent of a public school
district if the person was formally interviewed by the board of
trustees in the final round of interviews for the position.
       SECTION 2.  Section 552.126, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to an interview for the position of
superintendent of a public school district held on or after the
effective date of this Act. An interview held before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately
before that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.