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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing and posting on the Internet of reports of |
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political contributions and expenditures required in connection |
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with the office of member of the board of trustees of certain school |
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districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 254.04011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 254.04011. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES |
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ON INTERNET. (a) This section applies only to a school district |
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located wholly or partly in a municipality with a population of more |
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than 500,000. |
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(b) A report filed under this chapter by a member of the |
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board of trustees of a school district, a candidate for membership |
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on the board of trustees of a school district, or a specific-purpose |
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committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a candidate or |
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member of a board of trustees of a school district must be posted on |
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the Internet website of the school district. |
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(c) A report to which Subsection (b) applies must be |
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available to the public on the Internet website not later than the |
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fifth business day after the date the report is filed with the |
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school district. |
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(d) The access allowed by this section to reports is in |
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addition to the public's access to the information through other |
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electronic or print distribution of the information. |
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(e) Before making a report available on the Internet under |
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this section, the school district shall remove each portion, other |
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than city, state, and zip code, of the address of a person listed as |
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having made a political contribution to the person filing the |
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report. The address information removed must remain available on |
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the report maintained in the school district's office but may not be |
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available electronically at that office. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act by adding |
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Section 254.04011, Election Code, applies only to the posting of a |
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report of political contributions and expenditures that is required |
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to be filed on or after January 1, 2012. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |