SB 550

relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to
post information regarding the compensation of certain employees
and independent contractors on the institution's Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9612 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9612.  REQUIRED POSTING OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEE AND
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR COMPENSATION.  (a)  In this section,
"institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by
(b)  Subject to Subsection (c), not later than December 1 of
each year, each institution of higher education shall post on the
institution's Internet website a report that discloses the name and
compensation of each institution employee or independent
contractor whose combined salary and other compensation, or payment
for services performed for the institution as an independent
contractor, as applicable, exceeds $100,000 per year.  The report
(1)  present the information in the same format as an
administrative accountability report on compensation provided to
high-ranking administrative employees required to be submitted to
the Legislative Budget Board under the General Appropriations Act,
(2)  be accessible through a conspicuous link on the
institution's Internet website home page.
(c)  The commissioner of higher education may grant an
institution of higher education an exemption from disclosing the
name and compensation of an employee or independent contractor in
the report required under Subsection (b) if the commissioner
(1)  the information is confidential under applicable
(2)  disclosure of the information poses a substantial
risk of placing the institution at a serious competitive
(d)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt
rules as necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2025, each public
institution of higher education shall post on its Internet website
the initial report required by Section 51.9612, Education Code, as
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.