H.B. No. 3602 AN ACT relating to the authority of a county clerk to electronically send certain financial statement forms. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 159.005(b), Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The county clerk shall mail or, at the request of the person required to file under this subchapter send by electronic mail, two copies of the form to each person required to file under this subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), Government Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3602 was passed by the House on April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3602 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor