Amend CSSB 19 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately number ARTICLE to the bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ___. Ethics Commission Reports

SECTION __.01. Chapter 571, Government Code, SECTION 571.0771(a) is amended as follows:

Sec. 571.0771.  CORRECTED STATEMENTS, REGISTRATIONS, AND REPORTS CONSIDERED TIMELY FILED.

(a)  A statement, registration, or report required that is filed with the commission is not considered to be late for purposes of any applicable civil or criminal penalty for late filing of the statement, registration, or report if:

(1)  any error or omission in the statement, registration, or report as originally filed was made in good faith; and

(2)  not later than the 14th business day after the date the person filing the statement, registration, or report learns that the statement, registration, or report as originally filed is inaccurate or incomplete, the person files:

(A)  a corrected or amended statement, registration, or report; and

(B)  an affidavit stating that the error or omission in the original statement, registration, or report was made in good faith.