By: Carona S.B. No. 692
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2013; February 25, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing by electronic mail of financial disclosures
by certain county officers, county employees, or candidates for
county office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 159.003, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The statement may be filed with the county clerk by
electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe guidelines for
filing by electronic mail.
SECTION 2. Section 159.034, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A report filed under this subchapter may be filed by
electronic mail. The authority with whom the report is filed may
prescribe guidelines for filing by electronic mail.
SECTION 3. Section 159.052, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A financial statement filed with the county clerk may be
filed by electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe
guidelines for filing by electronic mail under this subsection.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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