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AN ACT
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relating to the removal of certain information from personal |
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financial statements filed by certain persons. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commission shall remove the home address, the |
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telephone number, and the names of the dependent children |
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of an |
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individual [a judge or justice] from a financial statement filed by |
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the individual under this subchapter before: |
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(1) permitting a member of the public to view the |
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statement; [or] |
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(2) providing a copy of the statement to a member of |
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the public; or |
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(3) making the statement available to the public on |
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the commission's Internet website, if the commission makes |
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statements filed under this subchapter available on its website. |
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SECTION 2. Section 572.032(a-1), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to a financial statement filed under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, regardless of whether |
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the statement was required to be filed before, on, or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 776 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 776 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |