H.B. No. 842
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by
  judges and justices.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1) The commission shall remove the home address of a judge
  or justice from a financial statement filed under this subchapter
  before:
               (1)  permitting a member of the public to view the
  statement; or
               (2)  providing a copy of the statement to a member of
  the public.
         SECTION 2.  Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as added
  by this Act, applies to a financial statement filed under
  Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, regardless of whether
  the statement was required to be filed before, on, or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 842 was passed by the House on April
  4, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 842 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor