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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.