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| 1 | 1 | By: Geren H.B. No. 3681 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the categorization of violations by the Texas Ethics | |
| 7 | 7 | Commission. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 571, Government Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 571.1213 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 571.1213. CATEGORIZATION OF VIOLATIONS. (a) The | |
| 12 | 12 | commission staff shall categorize, in ascending order of | |
| 13 | 13 | seriousness, each violation of law alleged in an inquiry or on a | |
| 14 | 14 | motion of the commission as: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) a technical, clerical, or de minimis violation; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) an administrative or filing violation; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (3) a more serious violation. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The commission shall adopt rules defining what | |
| 19 | 19 | violations of law are included in each category of violation. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |