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5 Document(s) [ Subject: Financial disclosures ]

• Committee:

  House General Investigating and Ethics, 85th R.S. (2017)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Campaign finance and expenditure reports | Charities | Conflicts of interest | Disaster relief | Employee benefits | Ethics Commission, Texas | Federal funds | Financial disclosures | Gifts and donations | Government ethics | Government travel | Hurricane Harvey | Judicial campaigns | Lobbyists | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | State agencies | State employee benefits | State employees |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.85 G286

  Description:

  [64 pages]

  Charges:

  1. Maintain oversight of federal, state, local, and charitable funds spent in response to Hurricane Harvey. Investigate instances of waste, fraud, or abuse involving such funds. Ensure that the State of Texas is maximizing federal disaster aid.
  2. Review conflict of interest laws governing public officers and employees to ensure that such laws are adequate to maintain the public’s confidence in government decision-making. Review personal financial statement requirements to ensure that the public has sufficient information on the private financial interests of public officers.
  3. Review criminal penalties under Chapter 305, Government Code (registration of lobbyists) and recommend improvements to maintain the integrity of legislative and administrative processes.
  4. Examine the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act and identify opportunities to improve the Act.
  5. Review procedures and processes used at the Texas Ethics Commission. Identify ways to resolve complaints more efficiently.
  6. Examine employment policies and practices at state agencies relating to the hiring of individuals who were terminated from employment with another state agency for misconduct.
  7. Review the implementation of S.B. 73 (85R) relating to leave policies and procedures for state employees.
  8. Examine laws and policies regulating travel by state agency officials to ensure that travel expenditures are in the best interest of the state.
  9. Investigate the use of state agency resources to participate in trade associations and groups funded by industries regulated by the agency.
  10. Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 85th Legislature.

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• Committee:

  House General Investigating and Ethics, 82nd R.S. (2011)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Conflicts of interest | Financial disclosures | Public officials |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.82 G286

  Description:

  [14 pages]

  Charges:

  1. Study and determine whether all appointees to state entities should be required to sign additional governance documents prior to serving in an official state capacity.

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• Committee:

  House State Affairs, 71st R.S. (1989)

  Title:

  Interim report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Bribery | Campaign contributors | Conflicts of interest | Ethics | Financial disclosures | Lobbyists | Public Utility Commission of Texas |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.71 st29

  Description:

  [71 pages  File size: 2,032 kb]

  Charges:

  1. To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 32.
  2. To study the organization and management of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (coordinate with Governor's Task Force on PUC).
  3. To study financial disclosure laws, including benefits for public officials and Chapter 305 of the Government Code.

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• Committee:

  House Elections, 66th R.S. (1979)

  Title:

  Interim Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Campaign finance reform | Early voting | Financial disclosures | Primary elections | Secretary of State, Texas | Statutory revision | Voter registration | Voting by mail |

  Library Call Number:

  L1836.66 el25

  Description:

  [98 pages  File size: 2,966 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Conduct a study of the voter registration procedures in Texas and the consideration of the establishment of a uniform system to by used by all counties.
  2. Conduct a study of the system of absentee voting in Texas, including, but not limited to, such issues as the procedures for accounting for ballots, the feasibility of requiring the use of a special canvassing board, and the hours and places for absentee voting.
  3. Make and examination of the campaign reporting and disclosure requirements with emphasis on insuring fairness and responsibility.
  4. Study the feasibility of Texas joining with other southwestern or Sunbelt states in having a regional presidential primary.
  5. Monitor and assist the Legislative Council in the recodification of the election code.
  6. Oversight functions shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 66th Regular Session of the Legislature. The agencies include: Secretary of State (partial -- less Uniform Commercial Code)

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• Committee:

  House Questionnaire Submitted to Members of the House, Special, 43rd R.S. (1933)

  Title:

  Report

  Document type:

  Report

  Subjects:

  Conflicts of interest | Financial disclosures | Legislators |

  Library Call Number:

  H.J. of Tex., 43rd Leg., 1st C.S. 588 (1933)

  Description:

  [16 pages  File size: 876 kb]

  Charges:

  1. Draft a questionnaire which includes occupation of Member and any organization from which Member receives salary. Requires Member to complete questionnaire under oath. Requires report be printed in Journal and newspapers furnished copies of report. *

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* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.