H.B. No. 1945
AN ACT
relating to the filing of personal financial statements by the
state chair of a political party.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.002(6), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(6) "State party chair [Party chairman]" means the
state chair [chairman] of any political party receiving more than
two percent of the vote for governor in the most recent general
election.
SECTION 2. Section 572.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. A state
officer, a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an
elected officer, and a state party chair [chairman] shall file with
the commission a verified financial statement complying with
Sections 572.022 through 572.0252.
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 572.026, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 572.026. FILING DATES FOR STATE OFFICERS AND STATE
PARTY CHAIRS [CHAIRMEN].
SECTION 4. Section 572.026(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Not later than April 30 each year, a state officer or a
state party chair [chairman] shall file the financial statement as
required by this subchapter.
SECTION 5. Section 572.034(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual is a
state officer or[,] candidate[,] or state party chair [chairman]
and knowingly and wilfully fails to file a financial statement as
required by this subchapter.
SECTION 6. The amendment by this Act to Chapter 572,
Government Code, is intended to clarify rather than change existing
law and to conform to the gender-neutral terminology of the
Election Code as amended by Chapter 864, Acts of the 75th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1997.
SECTION 7. 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, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1945 was passed by the House on May 9,
2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1945 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor