85R4820 ATP-D
By: Fallon H.B. No. 1200
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing of financial disclosure statements by
trustees of certain independent school districts; creating a
criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.064, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-5) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a-5) A member of the board of trustees of an independent
school district with a student enrollment of more than 30,000 is
required to file the financial statement required of state officers
under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, in the same
manner as the members of a board of trustees that has adopted a
resolution under Subsection (a).
(c) A trustee required to file the financial statement under
this section [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 the resolution or order].
An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. Section 11.064(a-5), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning January 1, 2019, to a trustee who,
before the effective date of this Act, was not required to file a
financial statement under Section 11.064 or 11.0641, Education
Code, and such a trustee is not required to include financial
activity occurring before January 1, 2018, in a statement filed
under Section 11.064, Education Code.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.