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
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By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1381 |
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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 [ |
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FILING REQUIREMENTS. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 572.030(b), (c), and (d), Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission shall notify [ |
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required to file under this subchapter of [ |
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(1) the requirement [ |
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statement as provided by Sections 572.026 and 572.027; and | ||
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electronically file the financial statement and access | ||
instructions for filing financial statements on [ |
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(c) Except as provided by commission rule, the notification | ||
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(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) [ |
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(d) Except as provided by commission rule, the [ |
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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. |