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78S30053 ESH-D

By:  Howard                                                       H.B. No. 52 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


relating to the filing of personal financial disclosure statements 
by municipal officers and candidates, members of the boards of 
trustees of school districts, and directors of sports and community 
venue districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 145.003, Local Government Code, as added 
by Chapter 249, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 
2003, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection 
(c) to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] municipal 
officer or a candidate for a municipal office filled by election 
shall file a financial statement as required by this chapter.
	(c)  A municipal officer who does not receive compensation 
for serving as an officer or a candidate for such an office is not 
required to file a financial statement under this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.064, Education Code, as added by 
Chapter 249, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, 
is repealed.
	SECTION 3.  Section 335.1085, Local Government Code, as 
added by Chapter 249, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, is repealed.
	SECTION 4.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.