85R7317 EES-D
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1381
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of notice by the Texas Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 571, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 571.033 to read as follows:
Sec. 571.033. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the commission may adopt rules
prescribing how the commission will notify any person or provide
any notice required by this subtitle, Chapter 305, or Title 15,
Election Code.
(b) Subsection (a) does not authorize the commission to
adopt rules prescribing how the commission will notify any person
or provide any notice required by Subchapter E or F of this chapter
or how the commission will issue a warning of liability under
Section 254.042(b), Election Code.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 572.030, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 572.030. PREPARATION [AND MAILING] OF FORMS; NOTICE OF
FILING REQUIREMENTS.
SECTION 3. Sections 572.030(b), (c), and (d), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall notify [mail to] each individual
required to file under this subchapter of [a notice that]:
(1) the requirement [states] that the individual [is
required to] file a financial statement under this subchapter;
(2) [identifies] the filing dates for the financial
statement as provided by Sections 572.026 and 572.027; and
(3) [describes] the manner in which the individual may
electronically file the financial statement and access
instructions for filing financial statements on [obtain the
financial statement forms and instructions from] the commission's
Internet website[;
[(4) states that on request of the individual, the
commission will mail to the individual a copy of the financial
statement forms and instructions; and
[(5) states, if applicable, the fee for mailing the
forms and instructions and the manner in which the individual may
pay the fee].
(c) Except as provided by commission rule, the notification
[The notice] required by Subsection (b) must be provided [mailed]:
(1) before the 30th day before the deadline for filing
the financial statement under Section 572.026(a) or (c), except as
otherwise provided by this subsection;
(2) not later than the 15th day after the applicable
deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot or a
declaration of write-in candidacy for candidates required to file
under Section 572.027(a), (b), or (c);
(3) not later than the seventh day after the date of
appointment for individuals required to file under Section
572.026(b), or if the legislature is in session, sooner if
possible; and
(4) not later than the fifth day after the date the
certificate of nomination is filed for candidates required to file
under Section 572.027(d) [574.027(d)].
(d) Except as provided by commission rule, the [The]
commission shall mail a copy of the financial statement forms and
instructions to an individual not later than the third business day
after the date the commission receives the individual's request for
the forms and instructions.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.