Bill Text: TX HB3680 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of reports and personal financial statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3680 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3680-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3680

AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as
part of the preparation of reports and personal financial
statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 571.0671, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Electronic report or financial statement data saved in a
commission temporary storage location for later retrieval and
editing before the report or financial statement is filed is
confidential and may not be disclosed. After the report or
financial statement is filed with the commission, the information
disclosed in the filed report or financial statement is public
information to the extent provided by the law requiring the filing
of the report or financial statement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3680 was passed by the House on April
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3680 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3680 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor