By: Marquez (Senate Sponsor - Rodriguez) H.B. No. 336
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing and posting on the Internet of reports of
political contributions and expenditures required in connection
with the office of member of the board of trustees of certain school
districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 254.04011 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.04011. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
ON INTERNET. (a) This section applies only to a school district
located wholly or partly in a municipality with a population of more
than 500,000.
(b) A report filed under this chapter by a member of the
board of trustees of a school district, a candidate for membership
on the board of trustees of a school district, or a specific-purpose
committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a candidate or
member of a board of trustees of a school district must be posted on
the Internet website of the school district.
(c) A report to which Subsection (b) applies must be
available to the public on the Internet website not later than the
fifth business day after the date the report is filed with the
school district.
(d) The access allowed by this section to reports is in
addition to the public's access to the information through other
electronic or print distribution of the information.
(e) Before making a report available on the Internet under
this section, the school district may remove each portion, other
than city, state, and zip code, of the address of a person listed as
having made a political contribution to the person filing the
report. If the address information is removed as permitted by this
subsection, the information must remain available on the report
maintained in the school district's office.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act by adding
Section 254.04011, Election Code, applies only to the posting of a
report of political contributions and expenditures that is required
to be filed on or after January 1, 2012.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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