81R436 ESH-D
 
  By: Howard of Fort Bend H.B. No. 2631
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the filing of personal financial disclosure statements
  by municipal officers and candidates, members of the boards of
  trustees of school districts, and directors of sports and community
  venue districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 145.003, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] municipal
  officer or a candidate for a municipal office filled by election
  shall file a financial statement as required by this chapter.
         (c)  A municipal officer who does not receive compensation
  for serving as an officer or a candidate for such an office is not
  required to file a financial statement under this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 11.064, Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  Section 335.1085, Local Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  Section 145.003, Local Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to the filing by a municipal
  officer or employee of a financial statement that covers the 2009 or
  a later calendar year.  The filing by a municipal officer or
  employee of a financial statement that covers the 2008 calendar
  year is governed by the law in effect on January 1, 2009, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  The repeal by this Act of Section 11.064, Education
  Code, applies only to the filing by a school district trustee of a
  financial statement that covers the 2009 or a later calendar year.  
  The filing by a school district trustee of a financial statement
  that covers the 2008 calendar year is governed by the law in effect
  on January 1, 2009, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         (c)  The repeal by this Act of Section 335.1085, Local
  Government Code, applies only to the filing by a director of a venue
  district of a financial statement that covers the 2009 or a later
  calendar year.  The filing by a director of a venue district of a
  financial statement that covers the 2008 calendar year is governed
  by the law in effect on January 1, 2009, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2009.