By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 336
	(In the Senate - Filed December 28, 2022; February 15, 2023,
	read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education;
	April 6, 2023, reported favorably from Committee on Education by
	the following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to
	printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to compliance programs at public institutions of higher
	education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.971(a)(1), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(1)  "Compliance program" means a process to assess and
	ensure compliance by the officers, [and] employees, agents,
	contractors, subcontractors, or other persons acting on behalf of
	an institution of higher education with applicable laws, rules,
	regulations, and policies, including matters of:
	(A)  ethics and standards of conduct;
	(B)  financial reporting;
	(C)  internal accounting controls; or
	(D)  auditing.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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