| 1 | 1 | | 83R27823 ATP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 692 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Miller of Comal) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 692: No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the filing by electronic mail of financial disclosures |
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| 10 | 10 | | by certain county officers, county employees, or candidates for |
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| 11 | 11 | | county office. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 159.003, Local Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The statement may be filed with the county clerk by |
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| 16 | 16 | | electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe the manner and |
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| 17 | 17 | | format for filing by electronic mail. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 159.005(b), Local Government Code, is |
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| 19 | 19 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) The county clerk shall mail or, at the request of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | person required to file under this subchapter, send by electronic |
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| 22 | 22 | | mail, [two copies of] the form to each person required to file under |
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| 23 | 23 | | this subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), |
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| 24 | 24 | | Government Code. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 159.034, Local Government Code, is |
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| 26 | 26 | | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d) A report filed under this subchapter may be filed by |
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| 28 | 28 | | electronic mail. The authority with whom the report is filed may |
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| 29 | 29 | | prescribe the manner and format for filing by electronic mail. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 4. Section 159.052, Local Government Code, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) A financial statement filed with the county clerk may be |
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| 33 | 33 | | filed by electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe the manner |
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| 34 | 34 | | and format for filing by electronic mail under this subsection. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 5. Section 159.054(b), Local Government Code, is |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The county clerk shall make paper and electronic copies |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the form available to each person required to file under this |
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| 39 | 39 | | subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), |
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| 40 | 40 | | Government Code. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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