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Amend HB 590 on third reading by striking added Section
572.051(d-1), Government Code, and substituting the following:
(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), if a person with
knowledge of a violation of an agency ethics policy adopted under
Subsection (b) that also constitutes a criminal offense under
another law of this state reports the violation to an appropriate
prosecuting attorney, then, not later than the 60th day after the
date a person notifies the prosecuting attorney under this
subsection, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the commission of
the status of the prosecuting attorney's investigation of the
alleged violation. The commission shall, on the request of the
prosecuting attorney, assist the prosecuting attorney in
investigating the alleged violation. This subsection does not
apply to an alleged violation by a member or employee of the
commission.