85R4820 ATP-D
 
  By: Fallon H.B. No. 1200
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the filing of financial disclosure statements by
  trustees of certain independent school districts; creating a
  criminal offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.064, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-5) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a-5)  A member of the board of trustees of an independent
  school district with a student enrollment of more than 30,000 is
  required to file the financial statement required of state officers
  under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, in the same
  manner as the members of a board of trustees that has adopted a
  resolution under Subsection (a).
         (c)  A trustee required to file the financial statement under
  this section [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 the resolution or order].
  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  Section 11.064(a-5), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2019, 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, 2018, in a statement filed
  under Section 11.064, Education Code.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.