| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to procedures for formal hearings conducted by the Texas |
|
|
Ethics Commission. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 571.131, Government Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
|
|
(d) Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to |
|
|
a formal hearing conducted under this chapter. For purposes of this |
|
|
subsection: |
|
|
(1) the authority holding the hearing has the duties |
|
|
and authority of the court under Chapter 27, Civil Practice and |
|
|
Remedies Code; and |
|
|
(2) a formal hearing is considered to be a legal |
|
|
action. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 571.131, Government Code, as amended by |
|
|
this Act, applies only to a formal hearing conducted by the Texas |
|
|
Ethics Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
|
|
formal hearing conducted by the Texas Ethics Commission before the |
|
|
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the |
|
|
time the hearing is conducted, and the former law is continued in |
|
|
effect for that purpose. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |