Bill Text: TX SB869 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district file a financial disclosure statement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB869 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB869-Introduced.html

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82R1067 CAS-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 869

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that a member of the board of trustees
of an independent school district file a financial disclosure
statement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 11.064(a), (b), and (c), Education
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Each member of the [The] board of trustees of an
independent school district shall [by resolution adopted by
majority vote may require each member of the board to] file the
financial statement required of state officers under Subchapter B,
Chapter 572, Government Code, with:
(1) the board of trustees; and
(2) the Texas Ethics Commission.
(b) Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code:
(1) applies to a trustee [subject to this section] as
if the trustee were a state officer; and
(2) governs the contents, timeliness of filing, and
public inspection of a statement filed under this section.
(c) A trustee [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 Subsection (a) [the
resolution or order]. An offense under this section is a Class B
misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. Sections 11.064(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (a-4),
Education Code, are repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 11.064, Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2013.
(b) A trustee of an independent school district required to
file a financial disclosure statement only because of the amendment
by this Act of Section 11.064, Education Code, is not required to
include in the financial disclosure statement financial activity
occurring before January 1, 2012.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.