By: Birdwell S.B. No. 869
(In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2025; February 13, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; March 5, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for the Texas Ethics Commission to resolve
certain complaints.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 571.1242(h), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding any other law, including Sections
571.1244 and 571.136:
(1) the [The] deadline under Subsection (g) is tolled
only for the duration of any litigation brought by the respondent or
the commission regarding the complaint at issue; and
(2) the commission may not toll or extend the deadline
under Subsection (g) for a duration other than the duration
described by Subdivision (1) or adopt or enforce a rule to toll or
extend the deadline for a duration other than the duration
described by that subdivision.
SECTION 2. Section 571.1242(h), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a complaint filed with the Texas Ethics
Commission under Chapter 571, Government Code, on or after the
effective date of this Act. A complaint filed with the Texas Ethics
Commission under that chapter before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the complaint was
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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