Bill Text: TX HB1236 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on districts' Internet websites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB1236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1236-Introduced.html
82R5342 CAE-D | ||
By: Zedler | H.B. No. 1236 |
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relating to the availability of certain school district financial | ||
information on districts' Internet websites. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 44.0031 through 44.0035 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 44.0031. ELECTRONIC CHECKING ACCOUNT TRANSACTION | ||
REGISTER. (a) A school district shall maintain the transaction | ||
register for the district's checking account in a searchable | ||
electronic spreadsheet format in which the transaction register is | ||
readily available for purposes of Subsections (e) and (f). Except | ||
as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), the electronic checking | ||
account transaction register must include for each check written | ||
from a district checking account: | ||
(1) the transaction amount; | ||
(2) the check number; | ||
(3) the name of the payee; and | ||
(4) either: | ||
(A) a statement of the purpose of the expenditure | ||
for which the check was written; or | ||
(B) identification of the purpose of the | ||
expenditure, using the function code assigned to the expenditure | ||
for purposes of meeting state reporting requirements. | ||
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), beginning September | ||
1, 2011, a school district's electronic checking account | ||
transaction register must contain the information required by | ||
Subsections (a)(1), (2), and (3) for each check dated on or after | ||
August 1, 2011. Beginning September 1, 2012, a district's | ||
electronic checking account transaction register must contain the | ||
information required by Subsections (a)(1) through (4) for each | ||
check dated on or after August 1, 2012. This subsection expires | ||
October 1, 2012. | ||
(b) If a school district complies with Subsection (a)(4) in | ||
the manner provided by Subsection (a)(4)(B), the district shall | ||
post on the district's Internet website: | ||
(1) a description of each function code used for state | ||
reporting requirements; or | ||
(2) a link to a page on the agency's Internet website | ||
that describes each function code used for state reporting | ||
requirements. | ||
(c) A school district may not include in the district's | ||
electronic checking account transaction register a check issued to | ||
a district employee 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 a school | ||
district operating as a self-insurer under Chapter 504, Labor Code. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to a checking account | ||
maintained by a school district or school campus solely for a | ||
student activity fund. | ||
(e) A school 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. | ||
(f) A school district shall share data from the electronic | ||
checking account transaction register with any interested person | ||
who requests the data under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
(g) A school district shall: | ||
(1) update the electronic checking account | ||
transaction register at least once each month, not later than the | ||
90th 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. 44.0032. POSTING OF DISTRICT CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS. | ||
(a) A school 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) A school 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, a school district shall remove or obliterate: | ||
(1) the name of the credit card issuer; | ||
(2) the credit card number; | ||
(3) the name of the person to whom the credit card is | ||
issued; | ||
(4) the day of the month on which each transaction | ||
shown was made; and | ||
(5) the expiration date of the credit card. | ||
(d) A school 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. | ||
(e) A school district shall post on the district's Internet | ||
website the first monthly listing of credit card transactions by | ||
listing each transaction on the first monthly statement the | ||
district receives that covers a billing period that ends after | ||
August 1, 2011. This subsection expires December 1, 2011. | ||
Sec. 44.0033. POSTING OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION | ||
INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "compensation" means salaries, | ||
wages, and employment stipends. | ||
(b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the agency | ||
posts the information submitted by the district under the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS), a school district | ||
shall post on the district's Internet website a listing of the total | ||
amounts budgeted for district employees' compensation for the | ||
school year, grouped by the following categories of employees: | ||
(1) prekindergarten and kindergarten teachers; | ||
(2) elementary school teachers; | ||
(3) secondary school teachers; | ||
(4) special education teachers; | ||
(5) educational supervisors; | ||
(6) counselors; | ||
(7) educational diagnosticians; | ||
(8) librarians; | ||
(9) nurses and physicians; | ||
(10) therapists; | ||
(11) psychologists and associate psychologists; | ||
(12) educational support personnel other than those | ||
listed in Subdivisions (5) through (11); | ||
(13) administrative or instructional officers; | ||
(14) principals; | ||
(15) assistant principals; | ||
(16) superintendents; | ||
(17) assistant superintendents; | ||
(18) educational aides; and | ||
(19) all other employees. | ||
(c) For each category of employees under Subsection (b), the | ||
district shall post: | ||
(1) the number of full-time employees; and | ||
(2) the average compensation. | ||
(d) A school district shall maintain the employee | ||
compensation information for a school year on the district's | ||
Internet website until the district posts the information for the | ||
following school year. | ||
Sec. 44.0034. POSTING OF DISTRICT FUND BALANCES. (a) A | ||
school district shall post on the district's Internet website a | ||
statement of the district's obligated and unobligated fund | ||
balances. | ||
(b) A school district shall: | ||
(1) update the statement of fund balances at least | ||
once each month; and | ||
(2) maintain each statement of fund balances on the | ||
district's Internet website until the second anniversary of the | ||
date of the statement. | ||
Sec. 44.0035. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. A | ||
school district with a student enrollment of fewer than 500 | ||
students in kindergarten through grade 12 is not required to comply | ||
with Sections 44.0031 through 44.0034. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |