H.B. No. 3216
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to telephone or electronic mail notification to a
  respondent of a complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 571.123(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  After a complaint is filed, the commission shall
  immediately attempt to contact and notify the respondent of the
  complaint by telephone or electronic mail. Not later than the fifth
  business day after the date a complaint is filed, the commission
  shall send written notice to the complainant and the respondent.
  The written notice to the complainant and the respondent must:
               (1)  state whether the complaint complies with the form
  requirements of Section 571.122; and
               (2)  if applicable, include the information required by
  Section 571.124(e).
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3216 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3216 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 1,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3216 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor