By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) H.B. No. 776
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
April 26, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 23, 2017, reported favorably, as amended, by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Burton
Amend H.B. No. 776 (house engrossed version) in SECTION 1 of
the bill, in amended Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code (page 1,
line 7), between "address" and "of", by inserting ", the telephone
number, and the names of the dependent children".
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of home addresses from personal financial
statements filed by certain persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-1) The commission shall remove the home address of an
individual [a judge or justice] from a financial statement filed by
the individual under this subchapter before:
(1) permitting a member of the public to view the
statement; [or]
(2) providing a copy of the statement to a member of
the public; or
(3) making the statement available to the public on
the commission's Internet website, if the commission makes
statements filed under this subchapter available on its website.
SECTION 2. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as
amended by this Act, applies to a financial statement filed under
Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, regardless of whether
the statement was required to be filed before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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