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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of financial disclosure statements by |
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trustees of an independent school district; amending provisions |
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subject to a criminal penalty. |
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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 this section [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), (a-4), and |
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(d) and 11.0641, Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to |
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Section 11.064, Education Code, apply beginning January 1, 2017, to |
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a trustee who, before the effective date of this Act, was not |
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required to file a financial statement under Section 11.064 or |
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11.0641, Education Code, and such a trustee is not required to |
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include financial activity occurring before January 1, 2016, in a |
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statement filed under those sections. A trustee who was required to |
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file a financial statement under Section 11.0641, Education Code, |
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before its repeal by this Act shall file a financial statement under |
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Section 11.064, Education Code, for financial activity occurring in |
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2015. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an |
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offense committed on or after January 1, 2016. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense is committed before January 1, 2016, if any |
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element of the offense occurs before that date. |
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(c) An offense committed before January 1, 2016, is covered |
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by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |