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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by |
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public officials and candidates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Financial statements filed under this subchapter are |
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public records. The commission shall: |
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(1) maintain the statements in separate alphabetical |
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files and in a manner that is accessible to the public during |
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regular office hours; and |
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(2) make each statement available to the public on the |
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commission's Internet website not later than the 15th day after the |
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date the statement is required to be filed or the date the statement |
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is actually filed, whichever date is later. |
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(d) The commission is not required to continue to make |
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available on the commission's Internet website a financial |
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statement that the commission may destroy under Subsection (c). |
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The commission may not make available on the commission's Internet |
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website a financial statement that the commission is required to |
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destroy under Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 34 (S.B. 1576) and 983 (H.B. 776), Acts of the |
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85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commission shall remove the home address, the |
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telephone number, and the names of the dependent children of an |
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individual from a financial statement filed by the individual under |
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this subchapter before: |
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(1) permitting a member of the public to view the |
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statement; |
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(2) providing a copy of the statement to a member of |
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the public; or |
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(3) making the statement available to the public on |
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the commission's Internet website[, if the commission makes |
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statements filed under this subchapter available on its website]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |