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CS/HB 7021: Local Government Ethics Reform

GENERAL BILL by Government Accountability Committee ; Public Integrity and Ethics Committee ; Metz

Local Government Ethics Reform; Providing that contractual relationships held by business entities are deemed held by public officers or employees in certain situations; requiring certain ethics training for governing board members of special districts and water management districts; prohibiting governing board members of special districts or school districts from voting in an official capacity on specified matters; requiring certain mayors and members of a municipality governing body to file a full and public disclosure of financial interests; providing for the future repeal of provisions relating to registration and reporting for lobbying water management districts; requiring the commission to create the Local Government Lobbyist Registration System; requiring lobbyists to register with the commission before lobbying governmental entities effective a specified date; providing civil penalties, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/22/2017 House • Filed
    2/28/2017 House • Referred to Appropriations Committee; Government Accountability Committee -HJ 254
    3/6/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 03/08/17, 3:30 pm, Webster Hall
    3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 254
    3/8/2017 House • Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 27 NAYS 0 -HJ 335
    • Now in Government Accountability Committee -HJ 335
    3/20/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 03/22/17, 9:15 am, Morris Hall
    3/22/2017 House • CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -HJ 454
    3/23/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 450
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/29/17
    • CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 449
    3/29/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 474
    • Amendment(s) adopted (441225) -HJ 475
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/30/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 500
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 1 -HJ 500
    4/4/2017 Senate • In Messages
    4/5/2017 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 329
    4/6/2017 Senate • Received -SJ 329
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Ethics and Elections

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  • CS/HB 7021, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/29/2017 at 6:51 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7023 (c1) Trust Funds/Creation/Local Government Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund Public Integrity and Ethics Committee Linked Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Ethics and Elections Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/30/2017 1:54 PM House 114 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 3 (pdf)
    112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers and elected municipal officers. Page 5 (pdf)
    112.3143 Voting conflicts. Page 8 (pdf)
    112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial interests. Page 11 (pdf)
    112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies. Page 13 (pdf)
    112.31455 Collection methods for unpaid automatic fines for failure to timely file disclosure of financial interests. Page 14 (pdf)
    112.3148 Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of financial interests and by procurement employees. Page 15 (pdf)
    112.3261 Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting. Page 16 (pdf)
    112.3262 Page 17 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 25 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 7021, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/23/2017 at 1:49 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7023 (c1) Trust Funds/Creation/Local Government Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund Public Integrity and Ethics Committee Linked Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Ethics and Elections Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    441225 - Amendment
    Remove lines 262-266 and insert:     		Metz 3/24/2017
    12:38 PM     		House: Adopted
    3/29/2017     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (10)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 3 (pdf)
    112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers and elected municipal officers. Page 5 (pdf)
    112.3143 Voting conflicts. Page 8 (pdf)
    112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial interests. Page 11 (pdf)
    112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies. Page 13 (pdf)
    112.31455 Collection methods for unpaid automatic fines for failure to timely file disclosure of financial interests. Page 14 (pdf)
    112.3148 Reporting and prohibited receipt of gifts by individuals filing full or limited public disclosure of financial interests and by procurement employees. Page 15 (pdf)
    112.3261 Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting. Page 16 (pdf)
    112.3262 Page 17 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 25 (pdf)

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  • HB 7021, Original Filed Version Posted 2/22/2017 at 10:08 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/8/2017 (pdf)
    Government Accountability Committee (Post-Meeting) 3/23/2017 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 7023 Trust Funds/Creation/Local Government Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund Public Integrity and Ethics Committee Linked Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Ethics and Elections Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    358643 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Metz 3/21/2017
    5:30 PM     		Adopted
    3/22/2017     		PDF
    hierarchy 655101 - Amendment to Amendment (358643)
    Between lines 6 and 7 of the amendment, insert:     		Slosberg 3/21/2017
    7:38 PM     		Withdrawn
    3/22/2017     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (9)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    99.061 Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office. Page 3 (pdf)
    112.313 Standards of conduct for public officers, employees of agencies, and local government attorneys. Page 3 (pdf)
    112.3142 Ethics training for specified constitutional officers and elected municipal officers. Page 5 (pdf)
    112.3143 Voting conflicts. Page 8 (pdf)
    112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial interests. Page 11 (pdf)
    112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients represented before agencies. Page 13 (pdf)
    112.31455 Collection methods for unpaid automatic fines for failure to timely file disclosure of financial interests. Page 14 (pdf)
    112.3261 Lobbying before water management districts; registration and reporting. Page 15 (pdf)
    112.32612 Page 15 (pdf)

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