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