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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to procedures for requiring an independent school district |
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to conduct an efficiency audit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.184 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.184. EFFICIENCY AUDIT. (a) For purposes of this |
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section, "efficiency audit" means an investigation of the |
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operations of an independent school district to examine fiscal |
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management and efficiency. |
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(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district |
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shall conduct an efficiency audit if: |
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(1) a petition requesting the board to conduct an |
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efficiency audit for the district is: |
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(A) signed not more than 90 days before the date |
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of submission by at least 10 percent of the voters who voted in the |
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most recent election of the board of trustees of the school |
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district; and |
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(B) submitted to and verified by the board of |
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trustees of the school district; and |
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(2) a majority of the voters voting in the election |
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under Subsection (c) approve the conducting of the efficiency |
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audit. |
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(c) If the board of trustees of an independent school |
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district determines the petition satisfies the requirements of |
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Subsection (b)(1)(A) and determines not to conduct an efficiency |
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audit, the board of trustees shall order an election to be held in |
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the district on the first uniform election date that allows |
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sufficient time to comply with other requirements of law. |
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(d) The ballot in an election to authorize an efficiency |
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audit under this section shall be printed to permit voting for or |
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against the proposition: "Requiring _________ Independent School |
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District to conduct an efficiency audit." |
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(e) An independent school district shall pay for an |
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efficiency audit under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |