S.B. No. 692
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 the manner and
format for filing by electronic mail.
SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 159.005, 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 3. 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 the manner and format for filing by electronic mail.
SECTION 4. 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 the manner
and format for filing by electronic mail under this subsection.
SECTION 5. Subsection (b), Section 159.054, Local
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The county clerk shall make paper and electronic copies
of the form available to each person required to file under this
subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c),
Government Code.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 692 passed the Senate on
March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 692 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor