By: Creighton, Zaffirini S.B. No. 710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization for the creation of a county ethics
commission in any county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be cited as the J. D. Lambright
Local Government Ethics Reform Act.
SECTION 2. Section 161.001, Local Government Code, is
repealed.
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, 2019.