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  H.B. No. 3680
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as
  part of the preparation of reports and personal financial
  statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 571.0671, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Electronic report or financial statement data saved in a
  commission temporary storage location for later retrieval and
  editing before the report or financial statement is filed is
  confidential and may not be disclosed. After the report or
  financial statement is filed with the commission, the information
  disclosed in the filed report or financial statement is public
  information to the extent provided by the law requiring the filing
  of the report or financial statement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3680 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3680 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3680 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor