Amend CSSB 19 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the heading to ARTICLE 1 of the bill (page 1, line 24), strike "DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES" and substitute "DISCLOSURE PROVISIONS".
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumber remaining SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION ____.____. Section 572.021, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a state party chair shall file with the commission a verified financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through 572.0252.
(b) Each financial statement filed under this subchapter must be submitted electronically through a secure website maintained by the commission.
SECTION ____.____. Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(a) Financial statements filed under this subchapter are public records. The commission shall maintain the statements in separate alphabetical files and in a manner that is accessible to the public during regular office hours and make the statements available in a searchable format to the public on the commission's website not later than the 15th day after the date the statement is required to be filed or is actually filed, whichever is later.
(d) The commission is not required to continue to make available on its website a financial statement that may be destroyed under Subsection (c). The commission may not make available on its website a financial statement that the commission is required to destroy under Subsection (c).
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. REPEALER
SECTION ____.____. Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is repealed.