Amend HB 3207 by adding the following appropriately numbered
sections and renumbering the existing sections of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Section 572.002(4), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
            (4)  "Elected officer" means:
                  (A)  a member of the legislature;
                  (B)  an executive or judicial officer elected in
a statewide election;
                  (C)  a judge of a court of appeals or of a
district court;
                  (D)  a member of the State Board of Education;
<or>
                  (E)  a district attorney or criminal district
attorney; or
                  (F)  an individual appointed to fill a vacancy in
an office or appointed to a newly created office who, if elected to
the office instead of appointed, would be an elected officer under
this subdivision.
      SECTION _____.  The heading to Chapter 159, Local Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
           CHAPTER 159.  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY COUNTY
           <OR DISTRICT> OFFICERS AND <COUNTY> EMPLOYEES
      SECTION _____.  The heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 159,
Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
       SUBCHAPTER A.  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY CERTAIN COUNTY
                      <OR DISTRICT> OFFICERS
      SECTION _____.  Section 159.002(2), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
            (2)  "County <or district> officer" means a county
judge, county commissioner, or county attorney<, district attorney,
or criminal district attorney>.
      SECTION _____.  Section 159.004(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  A county <or district> officer or a candidate for a
county <or district> office shall file a financial statement as
required by this subchapter.
      SECTION _____.  Section 159.005(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  The financial statement must include an account of the
financial activity of the county <or district> officer or candidate
for <a> county <or district> office and an account of the financial
activity of the person's spouse and dependent children if the
person had actual control over that activity for the preceding
calendar year.
      SECTION _____.  Section 159.008, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 159.008.  FILING DATES FOR OFFICERS.  (a)  Not later
than the last Friday in April of each year, a county <or district>
officer shall file the financial statement required by this
subchapter.
      (b)  A person who is appointed to a county <or district>
office or to fill a vacancy in a county <or district> office shall
file the first financial statement not later than the 30th day
after the date of appointment.
      (c)  A county <or district> officer may request the county
auditor to grant an extension of time of not more than 60 days for
filing the statement.  The county auditor shall grant th request if
it is received before the filing deadline or if a timely filing or
request for extension is prevented because of physical or mental
incapacity. The county auditor may not grant more than one
extension to a person in one year except for good cause shown.
      SECTION ____. Sections 159.009(a) and (c), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
      (a)  Not later than the 40th day after the date of the
regular filing deadline for an application for a place on the
ballot in the general primary election, a person who is a candidate
for <a> county <or district> office, whether partisan or
independent, shall file the financial statement required by this
subchapter.
      (c)  A person nominated as a replacement candidate to fill a
vacancy in a party nomination for <a> county <or district> office
shall file the financial statement not later than the 15th day
after the date the certificate of the replacement nomination is
filed.
      SECTION ____.  Sections 159.014(a) and (c), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
      (a)   A county <or district> officer or a candidate for
county office commits an offense if the person <officer> knowingly
fails to file a financial statement as required by this subchapter.
      (c)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that
the person <officer> did not receive copies of the financial
statement form required to be mailed to the person <officer> by
this subchapter.
      SECTION ____.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
      SECTION ____.  (a)  A district attorney or a criminal
district attorney shall file a personal financial statement for
1997 with the Texas Ethics Commission under Chapter 572, Government
Code, as if subject to that chapter for the entire year.  A
district attorney or criminal district attorney who was subject to
Subchapter A, Chapter 159, Local Government Code, as that
subchapter existed before amendment by this Act, is not required to
file a personal financial statement for 1997 under that subchapter.
      (b)  The change in law made to Section 159.014, Local
Government Code, by this Act applies only to an offense committed
on or after September 1, 1997.  For the purposes of this section,
an offense is committed before September 1, 1997, if any element of
the offense occurs before the effective date.
      (c)  An offense committed before September 1, 1997, is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.