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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the availability on the Internet of personal financial |
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statements filed by certain state officeholders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 572.0321 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 572.0321. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN STATEMENTS ON |
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INTERNET. (a) The commission shall make available to the public on |
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the commission's Internet website each financial statement filed |
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under this subchapter by the following persons: |
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(1) a member of the legislature; |
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(2) an executive or judicial officer elected in a |
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statewide election; and |
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(3) a member of the State Board of Education. |
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(b) The commission shall make a financial statement |
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described in Subsection (a) available on the commission's Internet |
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website not later than the 10th business day after the date the |
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statement is filed. |
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(c) The commission shall remove the home address of an |
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individual from a financial statement filed by the individual under |
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this subchapter before posting the statement on the commission's |
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Internet website under this section. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 572.032(c), the commission may |
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not remove a financial statement described in Subsection (a) from |
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the commission's Internet website before the 10th anniversary of |
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the date the commission makes the statement available on the |
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commission's Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Section 572.0321, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a financial statement filed under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, that is due on or after |
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September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |