83R27823 ATP-F By: Carona S.B. No. 692 (Miller of Comal) Substitute the following for S.B. No. 692: No. 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 the manner and format for filing by electronic mail. SECTION 2. Section 159.005(b), 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. Section 159.054(b), 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.