HB 22, Hse 2nd Rdg, Amnd #2

(1) On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions of the subsection accordingly:

(____) Section 11.064, Education Code;

(2) On page 5, line 6, between "statement" and "and access", insert ", or shall electronically file the financial statement if the individual is filing under Section 11.064, Education Code,".

(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Effective January 1, 2016, Sections 11.064(a), (b), and (c), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Each member of the [~~The~~] board of trustees of an independent school district shall [~~by resolution adopted by majority vote may require each member of the board to~~] file the financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with:

(1) the board of trustees; and

(2) the Texas Ethics Commission, submitted electronically.

(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:

(1) applies to a trustee [~~subject to this section~~] as if the trustee were a state officer; and

(2) governs the contents, timeliness of filing, and public inspection of a statement filed under this section.

(c) A trustee [~~serving in a school district that has adopted a resolution under Subsection (a) or that is subject to an order issued under Subsection (a-3)~~] commits an offense if the trustee fails to file the statement required by this section [~~the resolution or order~~]. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

SECTION ____. Effective January 1, 2016, Sections 11.064(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4), and (d) and 11.0641, Education Code, are repealed.

SECTION ____. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 11.064, Education Code, apply beginning January 1, 2017, to a trustee who, before the effective date of this Act, was not required to file a financial statement under Section 11.064 or 11.0641, Education Code, and such a trustee is not required to include financial activity occurring before January 1, 2016, in a statement filed under those sections. A trustee who was required to file a financial statement under Section 11.0641, Education Code, before its repeal by this Act shall file a financial statement under Section 11.064, Education Code, for financial activity occurring in 2015.

(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 11.064, Education Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 11.0641, Education Code, as repealed by this Act, apply only to an offense committed on or after January 1, 2016. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before January 1, 2016, if any element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense committed before January 1, 2016, is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.