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AN ACT
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relating to the methods of delivery for required financial |
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statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and |
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candidates for municipal office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 145.002, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 145.002. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Deliver" means transmitting by mail, personal |
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delivery, or e-mail or any other means of electronic transfer. |
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(2) "Municipal[, "municipal] officer" means the |
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mayor, a member of the governing body, the municipal attorney, or |
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the city manager of a municipality. |
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SECTION 2. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The clerk or secretary shall deliver at least one copy |
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[mail two copies] of the form to each municipal officer or person |
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who is appointed to a municipal office who is required to file under |
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this chapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c)(1), |
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Government Code. The clerk or secretary shall deliver [mail] a copy |
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of the form to each candidate for a municipal office filled by |
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election who is required to file under this chapter not later than |
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the 10th day before the deadline for filing the statement under |
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Section 145.004(c). The clerk or secretary may choose one or more |
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methods to deliver the form. |
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SECTION 3. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that |
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the officer or candidate did not receive copies of the financial |
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statement form required to be delivered [mailed] to the officer or |
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candidate by this chapter. |
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SECTION 4. Section 145.005(b), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a financial statement due on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A financial statement due |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the financial statement was due, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. Section 145.009(c), Local Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element |
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of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1246 was passed by the House on April |
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23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1246 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1246 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, 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 |