By: Carona	S.B. No. 692
	(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2013; February 25, 2013,
	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the filing by electronic mail of financial disclosures
	by certain county officers, county employees, or candidates for
	county office.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 159.003, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The statement may be filed with the county clerk by
	electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe guidelines for
	filing by electronic mail.
	SECTION 2.  Section 159.034, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  A report filed under this subchapter may be filed by
	electronic mail. The authority with whom the report is filed may
	prescribe guidelines for filing by electronic mail.
	SECTION 3.  Section 159.052, Local Government Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A financial statement filed with the county clerk may be
	filed by electronic mail. The county clerk may prescribe
	guidelines for filing by electronic mail under this subsection.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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