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| 1 | 1 | 84R10355 MK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hall S.B. No. 1300 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to procedures for formal hearings conducted by the Texas | |
| 8 | 8 | Ethics Commission. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 571.131, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to | |
| 13 | 13 | a formal hearing conducted under this chapter. For purposes of this | |
| 14 | 14 | subsection: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) the authority holding the hearing has the duties | |
| 16 | 16 | and authority of the court under Chapter 27, Civil Practice and | |
| 17 | 17 | Remedies Code; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) a formal hearing is considered to be a legal | |
| 19 | 19 | action. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Section 571.131, Government Code, as amended by | |
| 21 | 21 | this Act, applies only to a formal hearing conducted by the Texas | |
| 22 | 22 | Ethics Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. A | |
| 23 | 23 | formal hearing conducted by the Texas Ethics Commission before the | |
| 24 | 24 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the | |
| 25 | 25 | time the hearing is conducted, and the former law is continued in | |
| 26 | 26 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |