By Madden H.B. No. 1743
77R6950 PAM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the financial disclosure requirements for county
1-3 officers and candidates for county office.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 159.005, Local Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 159.005. PREPARATION OF FORMS. [(a)] The county clerk
1-8 may:
1-9 (1) design a form to be used for filing the financial
1-10 statement required by this subchapter; or
1-11 (2) require that a form designed by the Texas Ethics
1-12 Commission under Chapter 572, Government Code, be used for filing
1-13 the financial statement.
1-14 [(b) The county clerk shall mail two copies of the form to
1-15 each person required to file under this subchapter within the time
1-16 prescribed by Section 572.030(c), Government Code.]
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 159.008(c), Local Government Code, is
1-18 repealed.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-20 SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by the repeal of
1-21 Section 159.008(c), Local Government Code, as provided by Section 2
1-22 of this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the
1-23 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an
1-24 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
2-1 element of the offense occurs before that date.
2-2 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-3 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
2-4 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-5 purpose.