By: Pea, Naishtat H.B. No. 3922
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification sent by the Texas Ethics Commission to
certain persons regarding deadlines to file reports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.033, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 251.033. NOTIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR FILING REPORTS.
(a) The commission shall notify each person responsible for filing
a report with the commission under Subchapters C through F, Chapter
254, of the deadline for filing a report, except that notice of the
deadline is not required for a political committee involved in an
election other than a primary election or the general election for
state and county officers. Notification under this subsection may
be sent by electronic mail.
(b) If the commission is unable to notify a person of a
deadline after two attempts, the commission is not required to make
any further attempts to notify the person of that deadline or any
future deadlines until the person has notified the commission of
the person's current address or electronic mail address.
(c) Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to a
notification under this section sent by electronic mail.
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.