Bill Text: TX HB3736 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to conflicts of interest by members of state agency governing boards and governing officers and the contents and amendment of financial statements filed by certain persons; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3736 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3736-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to conflicts of interest by members of state agency governing boards and governing officers and the contents and amendment of financial statements filed by certain persons; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3736 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3736-Introduced.html
By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 3736 |
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relating to conflicts of interest by members of state agency | ||
governing boards; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Government Code is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 576 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 576. CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY MEMBER OF STATE AGENCY | ||
GOVERNING BOARD | ||
Sec. 576.001. DEFINITIONS. I | ||
n this chapter: | ||
(1) "Conflict of interest" means a circumstance in | ||
which an individual who is a member of a governing board is in a | ||
position to receive a pecuniary gain, other than a gain that is de | ||
minimis or a gain that is common to a broad class of individuals, | ||
from a decision of the governing board. | ||
(2) "State agency" means a board, commission, council, | ||
committee, department, office, agency, or other governmental | ||
entity in the executive branch of state government. | ||
Sec. 576.002. DUTY TO DISCLOSE AND REFRAIN FROM | ||
PARTICIPATING. In all cases in which an individual who is a member | ||
of the governing board of a state agency has a conflict of interest, | ||
the individual: | ||
(1) shall disclose the conflict of interest in writing | ||
to the state agency; and | ||
(2) may not participate in the decision of the | ||
governing board. | ||
Sec. 576.003. PUBLIC INFORMATION. A written disclosure | ||
made under Section 576.002 is public information. | ||
Sec. 576.004. REPORT TO THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION. (a) A | ||
state agency that receives a written disclosure under Section | ||
576.002 shall file a copy of the disclosure with the Texas Ethics | ||
Commission. | ||
(b) The commission may adopt rules as necessary regarding | ||
the disclosure to be filed with the commission. | ||
Sec. 576.005. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) An individual commits | ||
an offense if the individual knowingly fails to comply with the | ||
requirements of Sec. 576.002. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2015. |