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      87(R) HB 1249 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R4899 ANG-D
         
		By:  Ramos
            H.B.  No.  1249
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the public accessibility of open-enrollment charter 
         
            school annual financial statements.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 140.006(c), Local Government Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                          (c)    The presiding officer of a school district shall submit 
         
            a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a daily, 
         
            weekly, or biweekly newspaper published within the boundaries of 
         
            the district.   If a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper is not 
         
            published within the boundaries of the school district, the 
         
            financial statement shall be published in the manner provided by 
         
            Subsections (a) and (b).   The governing body of an open-enrollment 
         
            charter school shall take action to ensure that the school's three 
         
            most recent  financial statements prepared under Section 140.005 are  
         
            [statement is] made available in the manner provided by Chapter 
         
            552, Government Code, and are  [is] posted continuously on the 
         
            school's Internet website through a clearly identifiable link that 
         
            appears in a prominent place on the home page of the website.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 140.006 Local Government Code



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the public accessibility of open-enrollment charter
	school annual financial statements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 140.006(c), Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) The presiding officer of a school district shall submit
	a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a daily,
	weekly, or biweekly newspaper published within the boundaries of
	the district. If a daily, weekly, or biweekly newspaper is not
	published within the boundaries of the school district, the
	financial statement shall be published in the manner provided by
	Subsections (a) and (b). The governing body of an open-enrollment
	charter school shall take action to ensure that the school's three
	most recent financial statements prepared under Section 140.005 are
	[~~statement is~~] made available in the manner provided by Chapter
	552, Government Code, and are [is] posted continuously on the
	school's Internet website through a clearly identifiable link that
	appears in a prominent place on the home page of the website.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.