82R13124 JRJ-D
By: Hochberg H.B. No. 3361
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to financial oversight of junior college districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2102.003(5), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(5) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,
institution, commission, or other agency in the executive branch of
state government. The term includes a junior college district.
SECTION 2. Section 2102.009, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2102.009. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The internal auditor of
a state agency other than a junior college district shall prepare an
annual report and submit the report before November 1 of each year
to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, the Sunset Advisory
Commission, the state auditor, the state agency's governing board,
and the administrator.
(b) The internal auditor of a junior college district shall
prepare an annual report and submit the report before November 1 of
each year to the state auditor and the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
(c) The state auditor shall prescribe the form and content
of the annual report, subject to the approval of the legislative
audit committee.
SECTION 3. Sections 2102.0091(a) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) A state agency, other than a junior college district,
shall file with the Sunset Advisory Commission, the budget division
of the governor's office, the state auditor, and the Legislative
Budget Board a copy of each report submitted to the state agency's
governing board or the administrator of the state agency if the
state agency does not have a governing board by the agency's
internal auditor. A junior college district shall file a copy of
each report submitted to the district's governing board by its
internal auditor with the state auditor and the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(c) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), a
state agency, other than a junior college district, shall file with
the budget division of the governor's office, the state auditor,
and the Legislative Budget Board any action plan or other response
issued by the state agency's governing board or the administrator
of the state agency if the state agency does not have a governing
board in response to the report of the state agency's internal
auditor. A junior college district shall file any action plan or
other response issued by the district's governing board to the
internal auditor's report with the state auditor and the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board.
SECTION 4. Section 2102.013, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A junior college district shall submit a copy of the
written risk assessment to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.