84R2755 ATP-D
By: Simpson H.B. No. 1582
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of all compensation paid to current or
former elected officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 5, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 561 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 561. DISCLOSURE OF COMPENSATION OF ELECTED OFFICER
Sec. 561.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to any
governmental entity from whose budget an elected officer is
compensated, including an agency of this state or a political
subdivision of this state governed by one or more elected officers.
Sec. 561.002. INFORMATION ABOUT ALL COMPENSATION OF ELECTED
OFFICER. (a) As soon as practicable after the end of the entity's
fiscal year, each entity described by Section 561.001 shall
disclose all forms of compensation for service in an official
capacity received by each currently serving or former elected
officer compensated by the entity during the preceding fiscal year
in any form, regardless of whether that form of compensation is
otherwise required to be disclosed under another law.
(b) For purposes of this section, compensation includes
travel reimbursement, health care premiums, retirement benefits,
and anything required to be reported by the recipient as income to
the Internal Revenue Service.
Sec. 561.003. POSTING OF DISCLOSURES. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the governmental entity must post the
disclosure required by Section 561.002 on the entity's Internet
website, in a location easily accessible by the public. The
disclosure must remain posted in a location easily accessible by
the public until the second anniversary of the date the
governmental entity posted the disclosure.
(b) The governing body of a political subdivision that does
not maintain an Internet website shall post each disclosure in each
location at which the political subdivision posts public notices
regarding the political subdivision's budget. A disclosure
described by this subsection shall remain accessible to the public
after posting at the main office of the political subdivision until
the second anniversary of the date the governing body posted the
disclosure.
SECTION 2. Chapter 561, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning September 1, 2015. This Act does not require
the disclosure of compensation paid before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.