85R5782 ATP-F
 
  By: Alvarado H.B. No. 998
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as
  part of the preparation of campaign finance reports required to be
  filed with the clerk of certain counties or municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  Electronic report data saved in a temporary storage
  location of the authority with whom the report is filed for later
  retrieval and editing before the report is filed is confidential
  and may not be disclosed. After the report is filed with the
  authority, the information disclosed in the filed report is public
  information to the extent provided by this title.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.