79R5265 MCK-D

By:  Otto                                                         H.B. No. 1820



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for reporting certain information to 
the attorney general.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 143.056(h), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(h)  The department head may order an indefinite suspension 
based on an act classified as a felony or a Class A or B misdemeanor 
after the 180-day period following the date of the discovery of the 
act by the department if the department head considers delay to be 
necessary to protect a criminal investigation of the person's 
conduct.  [If the department head intends to order an indefinite 
suspension after the 180-day period, the department head must file 
with the attorney general a statement describing the criminal 
investigation and its objectives within 180 days after the date the 
act complained of occurred.]
	SECTION 2.  Section 143.1017(h), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(h)  The department head may order an indefinite suspension 
based on an act classified as a felony or any other crime involving 
moral turpitude after the 180-day period following the date of the 
discovery of the act by the department if the department head 
considers delay to be necessary to protect a criminal investigation 
of the person's conduct.  [If the department head intends to order 
an indefinite suspension after the 180-day period, the department 
head must file with the attorney general a statement describing the 
criminal investigation and its objectives within 180 days after the 
date the act complained of occurred.]
	SECTION 3.  Section 311.016(b), Tax Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(b)  The municipality shall send a copy of a report made 
under this section to[:
		[(1)  the attorney general; and                              
		[(2)]  the comptroller.                                      
	SECTION 4.  Chapter 2111, Government Code, is repealed.                        
	SECTION 5.  Section 4.08(c), Chapter 427, Acts of the 44th 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1935 (Article 8280-115, Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A copy of the audit report shall be filed with the 
authority, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of 
the house of representatives, [the attorney general,] the 
commission, and the comptroller of public accounts.
	SECTION 6.  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 September 1, 2005.