Amend CSHB 1059 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 130.0831 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0831. FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE. (a) A member of the board of trustees of a junior college district shall file the financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with the Texas Ethics Commission.
(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:
(1) applies to a trustee of a junior college district 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 subject to this section commits an offense if the trustee fails to file the statement required by this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION ____. Section 130.0831, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2017. A trustee subject to Section 130.0831, Education Code, as added by this Act, is not required to include financial activity occurring before January 1, 2016, in a financial disclosure statement required under Section 130.0831, Education Code, as added by this Act.