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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing |
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of personal financial statements by officers and employees of |
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certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 159.034, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commissioners court may require the report to be |
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filed with the clerk of the commissioners court, the county |
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auditor, or any other county officer. However, the commissioners |
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court may require the report to be filed with the county clerk or |
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other elected county officer only if the county clerk or elected |
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county officer consents to the imposition of that duty. [The
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commissioners court may contract with the secretary of state for
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the filing of reports under this subchapter.] |
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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, 2009. |