85R866 EES-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 366
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the availability on the Internet of reports of
  political contributions and expenditures filed in connection with
  certain county judicial offices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is
  amended by adding Section 254.04012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 254.04012.  AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS OF JUSTICES OF THE
  PEACE AND CERTAIN COUNTY JUDGES ON INTERNET. (a) A report filed
  under this chapter with a county clerk by a justice of the peace, a
  candidate for the office of justice of the peace, a judge of a
  county court at law, or a candidate for the office of judge of a
  county court at law must be made available to the public on the
  county's Internet website if the county maintains an Internet
  website.
         (b)  If a county is required to make a report available on the
  county's Internet website under Subsection (a), the county shall
  make the report available for free and may not require a person to
  register with the county to view the report.
         SECTION 2.  Section 254.04012, Election Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a report required to be filed under
  Chapter 254, Election Code, that is due on or after January 1, 2018.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.