78R4555 DLF-D
By: Denny H.B. No. 1010
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic filing of a personal financial statement
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 572.0305 to read as follows:
Sec. 572.0305. ELECTRONIC FILING AUTHORIZED. (a) The
commission shall develop a system by which a financial statement
required to be filed under this subchapter may be filed by computer
diskette, CD-ROM, modem, or other means of electronic transfer,
using computer software provided by the commission or computer
software that meets commission specifications for a standard file
format.
(b) Computer software provided or approved by the
commission for use under this section must:
(1) use a standardized format for the entry of
information;
(2) provide for secure and encoded transmission of
data from the computer of a person filing the financial statement to
the computers used by the commission;
(3) be capable of being used by a person with basic
computing skills who uses a computer that uses a Windows operating
system, Macintosh operating system, or another operating system
that the commission determines is as popular as those systems for
use with personal computers; and
(4) permit a person using a computer to prepare a
financial statement or to retrieve information from a financial
statement to:
(A) import information to the statement from a
variety of computer software applications that meet commission
specifications for a standard file format without the need to
reenter the information; and
(B) export information from the statement to a
variety of computer software applications that meet commission
specifications for a standard file format without the need to
reenter the information.
SECTION 2. The Texas Ethics Commission shall implement the
electronic filing system required by Section 572.0305, Government
Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2004.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.