By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 1161
	(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Administration; 
April 22, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 22, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1161                                   By:  Van de Putte


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed 
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 305.033, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  A registration or report filed by a registrant is not 
considered to be late for purposes of this section if the registrant 
files a corrected or amended registration or report not later than 
the 41st day after the date the registrant becomes aware of the 
error or omission in the registration or report originally filed.
	SECTION 2.  Section 571.0771, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a report does not 
substantially comply with the applicable law if it contains an 
error other than one of the following errors:
		(1)  an obvious typographical error;                                   
		(2)  the omission of information required for the 
commission's administrative purposes;
		(3)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
contribution or an unreported contribution, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported contributions does not exceed 
the lesser of:
			(A)  10 percent of the total contributions 
reported on the corrected report; or
			(B)  $10,000;                                                         
		(4)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
contribution or an unreported contribution, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported contributions does not exceed 
$2,000;
		(5)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
expenditure or an unreported expenditure, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported expenditures does not exceed the 
lesser of:
			(A)  10 percent of the total expenditures reported 
on the corrected report; or
			(B)  $10,000;                                                         
		(6)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
expenditure or an unreported expenditure, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported expenditures does not exceed 
$2,000;
		(7)  an error in the amount reported under Section 
254.031(a)(8), Election Code, if the correct amount:
			(A)  does not vary by more than 10 percent from the 
amount originally reported; and
			(B)  does not exceed $10,000;                                         
		(8)  an error in the amount reported under Section 
254.031(a)(8), Election Code, if the error in the amount originally 
reported does not exceed $2,000; or
		(9)  a reporting error that the commission determines 
is, in context, minor.
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (f), Section 305.033, Government 
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a registration or report 
required to be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, that is due 
on or after September 1, 2005.  A registration or report required to 
be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, that is due before 
September 1, 2005, is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
registration or report is due, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  Subsection (b-1), Section 571.0771, Government 
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a report, registration, 
or statement required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission 
that is due on or after September 1, 2005.  A report, registration, 
or statement required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission 
that is due before September 1, 2005, is governed by the law in 
effect on the date the report, registration, or statement is due, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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