Bill Text: TX HB3621 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a select committee to review and make recommendations for substantive changes to laws overseen by the Texas Ethics Commission.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-15 - Left pending in committee [HB3621 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3621-Introduced.html
By: Bonnen of Brazoria | H.B. No. 3621 |
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relating to a select committee to review and make recommendations | ||
for substantive changes to laws overseen by the Texas Ethics | ||
Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. INTERIM STUDY REGARDING TEXAS ETHICS LAWS. | ||
(a) A select interim committee is created to study and | ||
review the laws and regulations related to Texas ethics laws, | ||
including campaign finance laws, lobby laws, and the personal | ||
financial disclosure laws. | ||
(b) The study must consider: | ||
(1) the purposes of the current laws and whether the | ||
statutes accomplish those purposes; | ||
(2) the effectiveness of the current laws; and | ||
(3) what changes, if any, should be made to more | ||
effectively accomplish the purposes of the laws. | ||
(c) The committee is composed of: | ||
(1) four members appointed by the lieutenant governor | ||
as follows: | ||
(A) three senators; and | ||
(B) one member of the public; | ||
(2) four members appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives as follows: | ||
(A) three state representatives; and | ||
(B) one member of the public; and | ||
(3) the chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission as of | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
(d) The committee shall convene at the call of the presiding | ||
officer. | ||
(e) The committee has all other powers and duties provided | ||
to a special or select committee by the rules of the senate and | ||
house of representatives, by Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government | ||
Code, and by policies of the senate and house committees on | ||
administration. | ||
(f) Not later than December 20, 2014, the committee shall | ||
report the committee's findings and recommendations to the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the governor. The committee shall include in its | ||
recommendations specific statutory and rule changes that appear | ||
necessary from the results of the committee's study under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
(g) Not later than the 60th day after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives, and the presiding officer of the Texas Ethics | ||
Commission shall appoint the members of the committee created under | ||
this section. | ||
(h) The Texas Legislative Council and the Texas Ethics | ||
Commission shall provide any necessary staff and resources to the | ||
committee created under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is | ||
abolished and this Act expires December 21, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |