81R387 JRH-D
By: Elkins H.B. No. 1827
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility to file a sworn complaint with the Texas
Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 571.122, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) An individual must be a registered voter of this state
to be eligible to file a sworn complaint with the commission. The
commission shall presume that an individual filing a sworn
complaint is a registered voter of this state if a copy of the
individual's voter registration certificate issued under Title 2,
Election Code, is attached to the complaint.
SECTION 2. Section 571.122(b-1), Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a sworn complaint filed with the Texas
Ethics Commission on or after September 1, 2009. A sworn complaint
filed with the Texas Ethics Commission before September 1, 2009, is
governed by the law in effect on the date the complaint is filed.
For purposes of this section, a sworn complaint that is resubmitted
as provided by Section 571.123, Government Code, is considered to
have been filed on the date the complaint was originally filed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.