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| 1 | 1 | 89R16557 CXP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Olcott H.B. No. 4763 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to reports by certain public institutions of higher | |
| 10 | 10 | education on fraud, waste, and abuse involving state resources. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 51.9762 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 51.9762. FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE REPORTING. (a) In | |
| 15 | 15 | this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning | |
| 16 | 16 | assigned by Section 61.003. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) An institution of higher education that maintains a | |
| 18 | 18 | system for reporting suspected fraud, waste, and abuse involving | |
| 19 | 19 | state resources at the institution shall submit each report | |
| 20 | 20 | received under the system to the state auditor's office not later | |
| 21 | 21 | than the second business day after the date the institution | |
| 22 | 22 | receives the report. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |