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Amend CSHB 1495 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 16, strike "and".
(2) On page 1, line 21, between "River" and the period, insert the following:
; and
(3) a county that has a population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million
(3) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 170, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 170.002 to read as follows:
Sec. 170.002. CODE OF ETHICS FOR CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS COURTS. (a) This section applies to a county that has a population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(b) The commissioners court of a county subject to this section may adopt by order a code of ethics that provides standards of conduct for members of the commissioners court.
(c) If a commissioners court of a county subject to this section adopts a code of ethics under this section, the code of ethics must require each member of the commissioners court to file a conflicts disclosure statement that is in addition to the statement required by Section 176.003.