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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability of certain school district financial |
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information on districts' Internet websites. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 44.0031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 44.0031. ELECTRONIC CHECKING ACCOUNT TRANSACTION |
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REGISTER. (a) A school district shall maintain the transaction |
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register for the district's checking account in a searchable |
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portable document format (PDF) in which the transaction register is |
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readily available for purposes of Subsections (d) and (e). Except |
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as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the electronic checking |
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account transaction register must include for each check written |
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from a district checking account: |
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(1) the transaction amount; and |
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(2) the name of the payee. |
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(a-1) Beginning September 1, 2013, a school district's |
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electronic checking account transaction register must contain the |
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information required by Subsection (a) for each check dated on or |
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after August 1, 2013. This subsection expires September 1, 2014. |
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(b) A school district may not include in the district's |
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electronic checking account transaction register a check issued to |
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a district employee in payment of: |
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(1) salary, wages, or an employment stipend; or |
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(2) a workers' compensation income benefit, medical |
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benefit, death benefit, or burial benefit that is issued by a school |
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district operating as a self-insurer under Chapter 504, Labor Code. |
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(c) This section does not apply to a checking account |
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maintained by a school district or school campus solely for a |
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student activity fund. |
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(d) A school district shall prominently post at all times on |
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the home page of the district's Internet website a direct link to |
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the web page on the district's website that contains the district's |
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electronic checking account transaction register for viewing and |
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downloading by interested persons. |
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(e) A school district shall share data from the electronic |
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checking account transaction register with any interested person |
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who requests the data under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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(f) A school district shall: |
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(1) update the electronic checking account |
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transaction register not later than the 90th day after the closing |
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date of the most recent monthly statement for the checking account; |
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and |
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(2) maintain each transaction or listing in the |
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electronic checking account transaction register on the district's |
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Internet website until the second anniversary of the date of the |
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transaction or listing. |
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(g) A school district with a student enrollment of fewer |
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than 500 students in kindergarten through grade 12 is not required |
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to comply with this section. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |