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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that a member of the board of trustees |
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of an independent school district file a financial disclosure |
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statement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 11.064(a), (b), and (c), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Each member of the [The] board of trustees of an |
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independent school district shall [by resolution adopted by
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majority vote may require each member of the board to] file the |
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financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 572, Government Code, with: |
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(1) the board of trustees; and |
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(2) the Texas Ethics Commission. |
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(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code: |
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(1) applies to a trustee [subject to this section] as |
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if the trustee were a state officer; and |
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(2) governs the contents, timeliness of filing, and |
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public inspection of a statement filed under this section. |
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(c) A trustee [serving in a school district that has adopted
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a resolution under Subsection (a) or that is subject to an order
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issued under Subsection (a-3)] commits an offense if the trustee |
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fails to file the statement required by Subsection (a) [the
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resolution or order]. An offense under this section is a Class B |
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misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 11.064(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4), |
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Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 11.064, Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2013. |
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(b) A trustee of an independent school district required to |
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file a financial disclosure statement only because of the amendment |
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by this Act of Section 11.064, Education Code, is not required to |
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include in the financial disclosure statement financial activity |
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occurring before January 1, 2012. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |