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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as |
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part of the preparation of campaign finance reports required to be |
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filed with the clerk of certain counties or municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) Electronic report data saved in a temporary storage |
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location of the authority with whom the report is filed for later |
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retrieval and editing before the report is filed is confidential |
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and may not be disclosed. After the report is filed with the |
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authority, the information disclosed in the filed report is public |
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information to the extent provided by this title. |
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SECTION 2. This 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. 998 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 998 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |