Bill Text: TX SB334 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to preliminary review of complaints filed with a county ethics commission.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB334 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB334-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 334 | ||
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| relating to preliminary review of complaints filed with a county | ||
| ethics commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (e), Section 161.1551, Local | ||
| Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The standing preliminary review committee consists of | ||
| three persons, as follows: | ||
| (1) two members of the commission, determined as | ||
| provided by Subsection (c); and | ||
| (2) a review officer selected and retained by the | ||
| commission. | ||
| (e) The review officer must be a practicing attorney or | ||
| former judge. A commission member may serve as the review officer. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 161.159, Local | ||
| Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) If the alleged violation is a Category One violation: | ||
| (1) the respondent must respond to the notice required | ||
| by Section 161.156(b) not later than the 14th day after the date the | ||
| respondent receives the notice; and | ||
| (2) if the matter is not resolved by agreement between | ||
| the standing preliminary review committee and the respondent before | ||
| the 30th day after the date the committee receives the respondent's | ||
| response to [ |
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| 161.156(b), the committee shall set the matter for a preliminary | ||
| review hearing to be held at the next committee meeting. | ||
| (b) If the alleged violation is a Category Two violation: | ||
| (1) the respondent must respond to the notice required | ||
| by Section 161.156(b) not later than the 14th day after the date the | ||
| respondent receives the notice under Section 161.156(b); and | ||
| (2) if the matter is not resolved by agreement between | ||
| the standing preliminary review committee and the respondent before | ||
| the 30th day after the date the committee receives the respondent's | ||
| response to [ |
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| 161.156(b), the committee shall set the matter for a preliminary | ||
| review hearing to be held at the next committee meeting. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 334 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 334 passed the House on | ||
| May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
