85R6981 ATP-D     By: Turner H.B. No. 1942       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to public access to personal financial statements filed by   public officials and candidates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 572.032, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as   follows:          (a)  Financial statements filed under this subchapter are   public records. The commission shall maintain the statements in   separate alphabetical files and in a manner that is accessible to   the public during regular office hours and make the statements   available to the public on the commission's website not later than   the 15th day after the date the statement is required to be filed or   is actually filed, whichever is later.          (d)  The commission is not required to continue to make   available on its website a financial statement that may be   destroyed under Subsection (c).  The commission may not make   available on its website a financial statement that the commission   is required to destroy under Subsection (c).          SECTION 2.  Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.