Bill Text: TX SB692 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the filing by electronic mail of financial disclosures by certain county officers, county employees, or candidates for county office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB692-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 692 | ||
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| 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 the manner and | ||
| format for filing by electronic mail. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 159.005, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The county clerk shall mail or, at the request of the | ||
| person required to file under this subchapter, send by electronic | ||
| mail, [ |
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| this subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 the manner and format for filing by electronic mail. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 the manner | ||
| and format for filing by electronic mail under this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 5. Subsection (b), Section 159.054, Local | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The county clerk shall make paper and electronic copies | ||
| of the form available to each person required to file under this | ||
| subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 692 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 692 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 148, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
