H.B. No. 776
AN ACT
relating to the removal of certain information 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, the
telephone number, and the names of the dependent children
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 776 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor