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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 and a junior college |
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district; creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.0641, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.0641. FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE |
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REQUIRED [FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0831 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0831. FILING OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY TRUSTEE. |
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(a) A member of the board of trustees of a junior college district |
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shall file the financial statement required of state officers under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, with the Texas Ethics |
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Commission. |
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(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code: |
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(1) applies to a trustee of a junior college district |
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as 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 subject to this section commits an offense if |
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the trustee fails to file the statement required by this section. An |
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offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 11.064 and 11.0641(a) and (f), |
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Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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11.0641, Education Code, apply beginning January 1, 2017, to a |
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trustee who, before the effective date of this Act, was not required |
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to file a financial statement under Section 11.064 or 11.0641, |
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Education Code, and such a trustee is not required to include |
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financial activity occurring before January 1, 2016, in a statement |
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filed under those sections. A trustee who was required to file a |
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financial statement under Section 11.064, Education Code, before |
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its repeal by this Act, shall file a financial statement under |
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Section 11.0641, Education Code, for financial activity occurring |
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in 2015. |
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SECTION 5. Section 130.0831, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2017. A trustee subject to |
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Section 130.0831, Education Code, as added by this Act, is not |
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required to include financial activity occurring before January 1, |
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2016, in a financial disclosure statement required under Section |
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130.0831, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |