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By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro) |
H.B. No. 2947 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011; |
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May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Select Committee on |
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Open Government; May 20, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; |
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May 20, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2947 |
By: Eltife |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exception of an audit working paper of a hospital |
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district from required disclosure under the public information law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.116(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An audit working paper of an audit of the state auditor |
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or the auditor of a state agency, an institution of higher education |
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as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, a county, a |
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municipality, a school district, a hospital district, or a joint |
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board operating under Section 22.074, Transportation Code, |
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including any audit relating to the criminal history background |
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check of a public school employee, is excepted from the |
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requirements of Section 552.021. If information in an audit |
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working paper is also maintained in another record, that other |
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record is not excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 by |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 552.116(b)(1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Audit" means an audit authorized or required by a |
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statute of this state or the United States, the charter or an |
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ordinance of a municipality, an order of the commissioners court of |
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a county, the bylaws adopted by or other action of the governing |
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board of a hospital district, a resolution or other action of a |
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board of trustees of a school district, including an audit by the |
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district relating to the criminal history background check of a |
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public school employee, or a resolution or other action of a joint |
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board described by Subsection (a) and includes an investigation. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to an |
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audit working paper created before, on, or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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