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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disclosure of all compensation paid to current or |
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former elected officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 5, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 561 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 561. DISCLOSURE OF COMPENSATION OF ELECTED OFFICER |
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Sec. 561.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies to any |
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governmental entity from whose budget an elected officer is |
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compensated, including an agency of this state or a political |
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subdivision of this state governed by one or more elected officers. |
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Sec. 561.002. INFORMATION ABOUT ALL COMPENSATION OF ELECTED |
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OFFICER. (a) As soon as practicable after the end of the entity's |
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fiscal year, each entity described by Section 561.001 shall |
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disclose all forms of compensation for service in an official |
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capacity received by each currently serving or former elected |
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officer compensated by the entity during the preceding fiscal year |
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in any form, regardless of whether that form of compensation is |
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otherwise required to be disclosed under another law. |
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(b) For purposes of this section, compensation includes |
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travel reimbursement, health care premiums, retirement benefits, |
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and anything required to be reported by the recipient as income to |
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the Internal Revenue Service. |
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Sec. 561.003. POSTING OF DISCLOSURES. (a) Except as |
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provided by Subsection (b), the governmental entity must post the |
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disclosure required by Section 561.002 on the entity's Internet |
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website, in a location easily accessible by the public. The |
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disclosure must remain posted in a location easily accessible by |
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the public until the second anniversary of the date the |
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governmental entity posted the disclosure. |
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(b) The governing body of a political subdivision that does |
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not maintain an Internet website shall post each disclosure in each |
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location at which the political subdivision posts public notices |
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regarding the political subdivision's budget. A disclosure |
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described by this subsection shall remain accessible to the public |
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after posting at the main office of the political subdivision until |
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the second anniversary of the date the governing body posted the |
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disclosure. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 561, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning September 1, 2015. This Act does not require |
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the disclosure of compensation paid before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |