81R6307 SGA-D
By: King of Parker H.B. No. 1662
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of certain Upper Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District financial information on the district's
Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 8830, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 8830.153, 8830.154,
and 8830.155 to read as follows:
Sec. 8830.153. ELECTRONIC CHECKING ACCOUNT TRANSACTION
REGISTER. (a) The district shall maintain the transaction
register for the district's checking account in a searchable
electronic spreadsheet format, such as a portable document format
(PDF) or similar file type, in which the transaction register is
readily available for purposes of Subsection (c). Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the electronic checking account
transaction register must include for each check written from the
district checking account:
(1) the transaction amount;
(2) the check number;
(3) the name of the payee; and
(4) a statement of the purpose of the expenditure for
which the check was written.
(b) The district may not include in the district's
electronic checking account transaction register a check issued to
district personnel in payment of:
(1) salary, wages, or an employment stipend; or
(2) a workers' compensation income benefit, medical
benefit, death benefit, or burial benefit that is issued by the
district.
(c) The district shall prominently post the electronic
checking account transaction register at all times on the
district's Internet website for viewing and downloading by
interested persons.
(d) The district shall:
(1) update the electronic checking account
transaction register at least once each month, not later than the
30th day after the closing date of the most recent monthly statement
for the checking account; and
(2) maintain each transaction or listing in the
electronic checking account transaction register on the district's
Internet website until the second anniversary of the date of the
transaction or listing.
Sec. 8830.154. POSTING OF DISTRICT CREDIT CARD
TRANSACTIONS. (a) The district shall post on the district's
Internet website a monthly listing of each transaction made using a
credit card issued to:
(1) the district; or
(2) a district officer or employee for use in
connection with district business.
(b) The listing of credit card transactions under
Subsection (a) must include, for each transaction:
(1) the month and year of the transaction;
(2) the amount of the transaction; and
(3) the name of the payee.
(c) The district may comply with Subsection (a) by posting a
credit card statement on the district's Internet website. Before
posting a credit card statement as permitted by this subsection,
the district shall remove or obliterate the name of the credit card
issuer, the credit card number, the name of the person to whom the
card is issued, the day of the month on which each transaction shown
was made, and the expiration date.
(d) The district shall:
(1) post each credit card transaction not later than
the 30th day after the first date the district pays any portion of
the balance due shown on the credit card statement that contains the
transaction; and
(2) maintain the listing of a credit card transaction
on the district's Internet website until the second anniversary of
the date of the transaction.
Sec. 8830.155. POSTING OF DISTRICT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION
INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "compensation" means salaries,
wages, and employment stipends.
(b) Not later than the first day of each fiscal year, the
district shall post on the district's Internet website a listing of
the total amounts budgeted for the compensation of district
personnel for the year, grouped by the following categories:
(1) operators and field inspectors;
(2) professional service providers;
(3) administrative staff; and
(4) all other employees.
(c) For each category under Subsection (b), the district
shall post:
(1) the number of full-time personnel; and
(2) the average compensation.
(d) The district shall maintain the personnel compensation
information for a year on the district's Internet website until the
district posts the information for the following year.
SECTION 2. The Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation
District shall make the first Internet postings required by
Sections 8830.153, 8830.154, and 8830.155, Special District Local
Laws Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2010.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.