| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1192 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2015; March 17, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 29, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 29, 2015, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1192 By: Zaffirini |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as |
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| 14 | 14 | | part of the preparation of reports and personal financial |
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| 15 | 15 | | statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. |
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| 16 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 571.0671, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 18 | 18 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (d) Electronic report or financial statement data saved in a |
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| 20 | 20 | | commission temporary storage location for later retrieval and |
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| 21 | 21 | | editing before the report or financial statement is filed is |
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| 22 | 22 | | confidential and may not be disclosed. After the report or |
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| 23 | 23 | | financial statement is filed with the commission, the information |
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| 24 | 24 | | disclosed in the filed report or financial statement is public |
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| 25 | 25 | | information to the extent provided by the law requiring the filing |
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| 26 | 26 | | of the report or financial statement. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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