H.B. No. 791         AN ACT   relating to allowing individuals appointed to state office to file   required financial statements by certified mail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 572.0291, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 572.0291.  ELECTRONIC FILING REQUIRED.  (a)  Except as   provided by Subsection (b), a [A] financial statement filed with   the commission must be filed by computer diskette, modem, or other   means of electronic transfer, using computer software provided by   the commission or computer software that meets commission   specifications for a standard file format.          (b)  An individual who was appointed to office and who is   required to file a financial statement with the commission under   this subchapter may file the financial statement by certified mail.     The filing by mail must be in compliance with Section 572.029.          SECTION 2.  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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 791 was passed by the House on April   13, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 791 on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2   present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 791 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 16, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor