81R8441 CAE-F
By: Duncan S.B. No. 2072
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to contracting with the secretary of state for the filing
of personal financial statements by officers and employees of
certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 159.034(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioners court may require the report to be
filed with the clerk of the commissioners court, the county
auditor, or any other county officer. However, the commissioners
court may require the report to be filed with the county clerk or
other elected county officer only if the county clerk or elected
county officer consents to the imposition of that duty. [The
commissioners court may contract with the secretary of state for
the filing of reports under this subchapter.]
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.