By: Duncan  S.B. No. 2072
         (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing
  of personal financial statements by officers and employees of
  certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 159.034, Local
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court may require the report to be
  filed with the clerk of the commissioners court, the county
  auditor, or any other county officer. However, the commissioners
  court may require the report to be filed with the county clerk or
  other elected county officer only if the county clerk or elected
  county officer consents to the imposition of that duty. [The
  commissioners court may contract with the secretary of state for
  the filing of reports under this subchapter.]
         SECTION 2.  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.
 
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