Sec. 140.006. PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT BY SCHOOL, ROAD, OR OTHER DISTRICT. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (e), the presiding officer of a governing body shall submit a financial statement prepared under Section 140.005 to a newspaper in each county in which the district or any part of the district is located.
(b) If a district is located in more than one county, the financial statement may be published in a newspaper that has general circulation in the district. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the financial statement may be published in a newspaper in an adjoining county.
(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 financial statement is made available in the manner provided by Chapter 552, Government Code, and is posted continuously on the school's Internet website.
(d) A statement shall be published not later than two months after the date the fiscal year ends, except that a school district's statement shall be published not later than the 150th day after the date the fiscal year ends and in accordance with the accounting method required by the Texas Education Agency.
(e) This section does not apply to an entity created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 41 (H.B. 978), Sec. 1, eff. May 8, 2007.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2013.
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