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| 1 | 1 | 86R5455 SOS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton H.B. No. 3690 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to authorizing counties to adopt a code of ethics for their | |
| 8 | 8 | commissioners courts. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 170, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 170.002 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 170.002. CODE OF ETHICS FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT. The | |
| 13 | 13 | commissioners court of a county may adopt by order a code of ethics | |
| 14 | 14 | that provides standards of conduct for members of the commissioners | |
| 15 | 15 | court. If a commissioners court adopts a code of ethics under this | |
| 16 | 16 | section, the code of ethics must require each member of the | |
| 17 | 17 | commissioners court to file a conflicts disclosure statement that | |
| 18 | 18 | is in addition to the statement required by Section 176.003. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |