84R5538 MK-F | ||
By: Koop | H.B. No. 1246 |
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relating to the methods of delivery for required financial | ||
statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and | ||
candidates for municipal office. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The clerk or secretary shall deliver at least one copy | ||
of the form by mail, personal delivery, or e-mail or any other means | ||
of electronic transfer [ |
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officer or person who is appointed to a municipal office who is | ||
required to file under this chapter within the time prescribed by | ||
Section 572.030(c)(1), Government Code. The clerk or secretary | ||
shall deliver [ |
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municipal office filled by election who is required to file under | ||
this chapter not later than the 10th day before the deadline for | ||
filing the statement under Section 145.004(c). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the officer or candidate did not receive copies of the financial | ||
statement form required to be delivered [ |
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candidate by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to a financial statement due on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A financial statement due | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the financial statement was due, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on | ||
the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense | ||
was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element | ||
of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |