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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to public access to certain information included on |
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personal financial statements filed by county judicial officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 159.055, Local Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 159.055. PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATEMENTS AND RELATED |
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RECORDS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 159.055(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The [On the written request of a county judicial officer
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or candidate, the] county clerk or the commission shall remove the |
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officer's or candidate's home address and the names of the officer's |
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or candidate's dependent children from the officer's or candidate's |
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financial statement and any county or commission record derived |
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from the financial statement before the statement or record is made |
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available to a member of the public. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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159.055(b), Local Government Code, applies to information included |
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in a financial statement regardless of whether the statement was |
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filed before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |