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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the methods of delivery for required financial |
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statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and |
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candidates for municipal office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The clerk or secretary shall deliver at least one copy |
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of the form by mail, personal delivery, or e-mail or any other means |
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of electronic transfer [two copies of the form] to each municipal |
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officer or person who is appointed to a municipal office who is |
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required to file under this chapter within the time prescribed by |
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Section 572.030(c)(1), Government Code. The clerk or secretary |
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shall deliver [mail] a copy of the form to each candidate for a |
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municipal office filled by election who is required to file under |
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this chapter not later than the 10th day before the deadline for |
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filing the statement under Section 145.004(c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that |
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the officer or candidate did not receive copies of the financial |
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statement form required to be delivered [mailed] to the officer or |
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candidate by this chapter. |
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SECTION 3. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a financial statement due on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A financial statement due |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the financial statement was due, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element |
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of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |