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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the posting of statements, registrations, and reports |
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filed with the Texas Ethics Commission on the commission's Internet |
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website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 571, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 571.0789 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 571.0789. POSTING STATEMENTS, REGISTRATIONS, AND |
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REPORTS ON WEBSITE. (a) This section applies to a statement, |
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registration, or report filed with the commission under: |
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(1) Chapter 302, 303, 305, 572, or 2004; |
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(2) Subchapter C, Chapter 159, Local Government Code, |
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by a county judicial officer, as defined by Section 159.051, Local |
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Government Code, who elects to file a financial statement with the |
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commission; or |
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(3) Title 15, Election Code. |
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(b) The commission shall post on its Internet website each |
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statement, registration, or report filed with the commission not |
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later than: |
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(1) the 3rd business day after the date on which the |
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statement, registration, or report is filed, if the statement, |
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registration, or report is filed electronically; or |
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(2) the 10th business day after the date on which the |
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statement, registration, or report is filed, if the statement, |
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registration, or report is not filed electronically. |
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(c) Not later than November 1, 2007, the commission shall |
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post on its website each personal financial statement filed with |
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the commission for the 2000 calendar year or a later calendar year |
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under: |
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(1) Chapter 572; or |
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(2) Subchapter C, Chapter 159, Local Government Code, |
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by a county judicial officer who elects to file a financial |
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statement with the commission. |
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(d) Subsection (c) and this subsection expire January 1, |
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2008. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |