BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1085 |
By: Márquez |
General Investigating & Ethics |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that, since a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district is responsible for critical educational matters and should not be unduly influenced by personal financial considerations, financial disclosure by trustees is important. Currently, filing a personal financial statement may be optional for such trustees. C.S.H.B. 1085 seeks to ensure that the education of Texas children is the highest concern of members of the board of trustees of an independent school district.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1085 amends the Education Code to remove the authority of an independent school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution requiring each board member to file the financial statement required of state officers with the board and the Texas Ethics Commission and to instead require each member of the board of trustees of an independent school district to file the financial statement with the board and the commission. The bill repeals a statutory provision temporarily requiring the filing of a financial statement by a trustee of a district located in a certain border county.
C.S.H.B. 1085 applies beginning January 1, 2017, to a trustee who, before the bill's effective date, was not otherwise required to file a financial statement under statutory provisions amended or repealed by the bill but expressly does not require such a trustee to include financial activity occurring before January 1, 2016, in a statement filed under those statutory provisions. The bill requires a trustee who was required to file a financial statement under the repealed statutory provision before the bill's repeal to file a financial statement under the bill's provisions for financial activity occurring in 2015.
C.S.H.B. 1085 repeals the following provisions of the Education Code: · Sections 11.064(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), (a-4), and (d) · Section 11.0641
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EFFECTIVE DATE
January 1, 2016.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1085 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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