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.