Bill Text: TX HB998 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of campaign finance reports required to be filed with the clerk of certain counties or municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB998 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB998-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 998 | ||
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as | ||
| part of the preparation of campaign finance reports required to be | ||
| filed with the clerk of certain counties or municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
| (g) Electronic report data saved in a temporary storage | ||
| location of the authority with whom the report is filed for later | ||
| retrieval and editing before the report is filed is confidential | ||
| and may not be disclosed. After the report is filed with the | ||
| authority, the information disclosed in the filed report is public | ||
| information to the extent provided by this title. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 998 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 998 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
