Bill Text: TX HB66 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on districts' Internet websites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB66-Introduced.html
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| By: Zedler | H.B. No. 66 | |
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| relating to the availability of certain school district financial | ||
| information on districts' Internet websites. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 44.0031 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 44.0031. INTERNET ACCESS TO FINANCIAL DATA. (a) | ||
| Except as otherwise provided by this section, a school district | ||
| shall post on the district's Internet website or on an Internet | ||
| website hosted by the district's business or financial services | ||
| department for viewing by interested persons a copy of the | ||
| district's: | ||
| (1) annual budget; | ||
| (2) end-of-year financial report; and | ||
| (3) checking account transaction register. | ||
| (b) A school district may not include in the district's | ||
| checking account transaction register under Subsection (a)(3) a | ||
| check issued to a district employee in payment of salary, wages, or | ||
| an employment stipend. | ||
| (c) A school district may not post any information protected | ||
| by state or federal law regarding confidentiality of health or | ||
| education records. | ||
| (d) The superintendent and chief financial officer of a | ||
| school district shall jointly notify the commissioner when the | ||
| financial data required under Subsection (a) is available to | ||
| interested persons. The notification must include information | ||
| regarding the current and expected costs associated with | ||
| implementing and maintaining the requirements of this section. | ||
| (e) If a school district is unable to post all or part of the | ||
| financial data required under Subsection (a), the superintendent | ||
| and chief financial officer of the school district shall jointly | ||
| submit a letter to the commissioner explaining why the district is | ||
| unable to post the financial data, including the results of any | ||
| applicable cost analysis performed by or for the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012. | ||
