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	Amend HB 2468 as follows:                                                    

(1)  On page 1, strike lines 5-9 and substitute the 	following:               
	SECTION 1.  Section 159.003, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 159.003.  FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED.  (a) A county 
officer, [or a] candidate for a county office, justice of the peace, 
or candidate for the office of justice of the peace shall file a 
financial statement as required by this subchapter.
	(b)  The statement must:                                                       
		(1)  be filed with the county clerk of the county in 
which the officer, justice, or candidate resides;  and
		(2)  comply with Sections 572.022 and 572.023, 
Government Code.             
	SECTION 2.  Sections 159.004(a), (c), and (d), Local 
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A county officer or justice of the peace shall file the 
financial statement required by this subchapter within the time 
prescribed by Section 572.026, Government Code.  A candidate for 
office as a county officer or justice of the peace shall file the 
financial statement required by this subchapter within the time 
prescribed by Section 572.027, Government Code.
	(c)  A county officer or justice of the peace may request the 
county clerk to grant an extension of time of not more than 60 days 
for filing the statement.  The county clerk shall grant the request 
if it is received before the filing deadline or if a timely filing 
or request for extension is prevented because of physical or mental 
incapacity.  The county clerk may not grant more than one extension 
to a person in one year except for good cause shown.
	(d)  The county clerk may not grant an extension to a 
candidate for office as a county officer or justice of the peace.
	SECTION 3.  Section 159.007(c), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The county clerk may, and on notification from a former 
county officer, justice of the peace, or candidate shall, destroy 
any financial statements filed by the officer, justice, or 
candidate two years after the date the person ceases to be an 
officer, justice, or candidate, as applicable.
	SECTION 4.  Section 159.0071, Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 159.0071.  NOTIFICATION TO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.  The 
county clerk of each county shall maintain a list of the county 
officers, [and] candidates for county office, justices of the 
peace, and candidates for the office of justice of the peace
required to file a financial statement under this subchapter.  Not 
later than the 10th day after each applicable filing deadline, the 
county clerk shall provide to the county attorney or criminal 
district attorney a copy of the list showing for each county 
officer, [and] candidate for county office, justice of the peace, 
and candidate for justice of the peace:
		(1)  whether the officer, justice, or candidate timely 
filed a financial statement as required by this subchapter;
		(2)  whether the officer, justice, or candidate timely 
requested and was granted an extension of time to file as provided 
for by Section 159.004 and the new due date for each such officer, 
justice, or candidate;  or
		(3)  whether the officer, justice, or candidate did not 
timely file a financial statement or receive an extension of time.
	SECTION 5.  Sections 159.008(a) and (c), Local Government 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A county officer, [or a] candidate for county office, 
justice of the peace, or candidate for the office of justice of the 
peace commits an offense if the officer, justice, or candidate 
knowingly fails to file a financial statement as required by this 
subchapter.
	(c)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that 
the officer, justice, or candidate did not receive copies of the 
financial statement form required to be mailed to the officer, 
justice, or candidate by this subchapter.
	(2)  On page 1, line 10, strike "SECTION 2" and substitute 
"SECTION 6".      
	(3)  On page 1, lines 10-12, strike "included as a county 
officer under Section 159.002, Local Government Code, as amended by 
this Act,".
	(4)  On page 1, line 14, between "Code," and "on", insert "as 
amended by this Act,".
	(5)  On page 1, line 17, strike "SECTION 3" and substitute 
"SECTION 7".