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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as |
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part of the preparation of reports required to be filed with the |
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Texas Ethics Commission and other authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 571.0671, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Electronic report data saved in a temporary storage |
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location with the commission or another filing authority for later |
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retrieval and editing before the report is filed with the |
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commission or other authority is confidential and may not be |
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disclosed. After the report is filed, the information disclosed in |
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the report is subject to the law requiring the filing of the report. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |