Bill Text: TX HB1381 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the provision of notice by the Texas Ethics Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1381 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1381-Introduced.html
  85R7317 EES-D
 
  By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1381
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of notice by the Texas Ethics Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 571, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 571.033 to read as follows:
         Sec. 571.033.  NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES. (a) Except as
  provided by Subsection (b), the commission may adopt rules
  prescribing how the commission will notify any person or provide
  any notice required by this subtitle, Chapter 305, or Title 15,
  Election Code.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not authorize the commission to
  adopt rules prescribing how the commission will notify any person
  or provide any notice required by Subchapter E or F of this chapter
  or how the commission will issue a warning of liability under
  Section 254.042(b), Election Code.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 572.030, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 572.030.  PREPARATION [AND MAILING] OF FORMS; NOTICE OF
  FILING REQUIREMENTS.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 572.030(b), (c), and (d), Government
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission shall notify [mail to] each individual
  required to file under this subchapter of [a notice that]:
               (1)  the requirement [states] that the individual [is
  required to] file a financial statement under this subchapter;
               (2)  [identifies] the filing dates for the financial
  statement as provided by Sections 572.026 and 572.027; and
               (3)  [describes] the manner in which the individual may
  electronically file the financial statement and access
  instructions for filing financial statements on [obtain the
  financial statement forms and instructions from] the commission's
  Internet website[;
               [(4)     states that on request of the individual, the
  commission will mail to the individual a copy of the financial
  statement forms and instructions; and
               [(5)     states, if applicable, the fee for mailing the
  forms and instructions and the manner in which the individual may
  pay the fee].
         (c)  Except as provided by commission rule, the notification 
  [The notice] required by Subsection (b) must be provided [mailed]:
               (1)  before the 30th day before the deadline for filing
  the financial statement under Section 572.026(a) or (c), except as
  otherwise provided by this subsection;
               (2)  not later than the 15th day after the applicable
  deadline for filing an application for a place on the ballot or a
  declaration of write-in candidacy for candidates required to file
  under Section 572.027(a), (b), or (c);
               (3)  not later than the seventh day after the date of
  appointment for individuals required to file under Section
  572.026(b), or if the legislature is in session, sooner if
  possible; and
               (4)  not later than the fifth day after the date the
  certificate of nomination is filed for candidates required to file
  under Section 572.027(d) [574.027(d)].
         (d)  Except as provided by commission rule, the [The]
  commission shall mail a copy of the financial statement forms and
  instructions to an individual not later than the third business day
  after the date the commission receives the individual's request for
  the forms and instructions.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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