By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 3680

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 13, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3680 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of reports and personal financial statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 571.0671, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) Electronic report or financial statement data saved in a commission temporary storage location for later retrieval and editing before the report or financial statement is filed is confidential and may not be disclosed. After the report or financial statement is filed with the commission, the information disclosed in the filed report or financial statement is public information to the extent provided by the law requiring the filing of the report or financial statement.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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