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79S30296 DLF-D

By:  Barrientos, Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 20 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting of certain gifts to public officials.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 572.022, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  For a gift of cash or a cash equivalent such as a 
negotiable instrument or gift certificate that is reported in 
accordance with Section 572.023(b)(7), the individual filing the 
statement shall include in the description of the gift a statement 
of the value of the gift.
	SECTION 2.  The heading of Section 572.022, Government Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 572.022.  REPORTING CATEGORIES; REQUIRED DESCRIPTIONS.             
	SECTION 3.  Section 572.022(d), Government Code, as added by 
this Act, applies only to a financial statement required to be filed 
under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, on or after 
January 1, 2007.  A financial statement required to be filed under 
Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, before January 1, 2007, 
is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective 
date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the 
last day of the legislative session.