By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1192

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2015; March 17, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 29, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 29, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1192 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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