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78R11794 MXM-D


By:  Woolley                                                      H.B. No. 3021

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3021:                                   

By:  Hunter                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 3021



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the disclosure of business or financial relationships 
by certain governmental officers associated with sports 
authorities; imposing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 335, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 335.1085 to read as follows:
	Sec. 335.1085.  DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL OR BUSINESS 
RELATIONSHIP.  (a)  This section applies to:
		(1)  a director;                                                       
		(2)  the mayor or county judge who appointed the board; 
and          
		(3)  each member of the governing body of the 
municipality or county that created the district.
	(b)  In addition to the requirements of Chapter 171 and 
Section 335.108 and the requirements of Chapters 553 and 573, 
Government Code, a person to whom this section applies shall 
disclose any financial or other business relationship that the 
person has with any person doing business with the district.
	(c)  A person to whom this section applies shall make the 
disclosure in writing:
		(1)  to the board; and                                                 
		(2)  to the Texas Ethics Commission.                                   
	(d)  The board shall enter the disclosure received under 
Subsection (c) in the board's minutes.
	(e)  A director who makes a disclosure under this section may 
not vote or participate in any action related to the person about 
whom the director made the disclosure.
	(f)  A person to whom this section applies commits an offense 
if the person fails to make the disclosure required by this section.  
The offense is a third degree felony.
	SECTION 2.  This Act does not apply to an action taken, or 
disclosure required, before November 1, 2003, by a person to whom a 
disclosure or action is required under Section 335.1085, Local 
Government Code, as added by this Act.  An action taken by the 
person before November 1, 2003, is governed by the law as it existed 
immediately before November 1, 2003, and that law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.