HBA-MSH C.S.H.B. 3463 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3463 By: Smith Public Education 4/29/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, it is an offense to disclose to a member of the public a certified agenda or tape recording of a meeting that was lawfully closed to the public. School boards often hear grievances in closed meetings. On an appeal to the commissioner of education, a school district is required to provide records of the hearings. This may be a violation of law pertaining to closed meetings. C.S.H.B. 3463 provides that a disclosure of records to the commissioner of education by a school district is not a violation of law. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 3463 amends the Education Code to provide that a disclosure by a school district to the commissioner of education (commissioner) of a record relating to an appeal to the commissioner of an action by the school district, including a record of a local hearing, is not in violation of provisions relating to lawfully closed meetings. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 3463 differs from the original by conforming to the Texas Legislative Council style.