H.B. No. 336
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the filing and posting on the Internet of reports of
  political contributions and expenditures required in connection
  with the office of member of the board of trustees of certain school
  districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 254.04011 to read as follows:
         Sec. 254.04011.  AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES
  ON INTERNET. (a) This section applies only to a school district:
               (1)  located wholly or partly in a municipality with a
  population of more than 500,000; and
               (2)  with a student enrollment of more than 15,000.
         (b)  A report filed under this chapter by a member of the
  board of trustees of a school district, a candidate for membership
  on the board of trustees of a school district, or a specific-purpose
  committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a candidate or
  member of a board of trustees of a school district must be posted on
  the Internet website of the school district.
         (c)  A report to which Subsection (b) applies must be
  available to the public on the Internet website not later than the
  fifth business day after the date the report is filed with the
  school district.
         (d)  The access allowed by this section to reports is in
  addition to the public's access to the information through other
  electronic or print distribution of the information.
         (e)  Before making a report available on the Internet under
  this section, the school district may remove each portion, other
  than city, state, and zip code, of the address of a person listed as
  having made a political contribution to the person filing the
  report. If the address information is removed as permitted by this
  subsection, the information must remain available on the report
  maintained in the school district's office.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act by adding
  Section 254.04011, Election Code, applies only to the posting of a
  report of political contributions and expenditures that is required
  to be filed on or after January 1, 2012.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 336 was passed by the House on April
  8, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 105, Nays 27, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 336 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 2, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 336 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor