Texas Government Code Title 5, Chapter 572 - Personal Financial Disclosure, Standards Of Conduct, And Conflict Of Interest
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 572.001 - Policy; Legislative Intent
(a) It is the policy of this state that a state officer or state employee may not have a direct or indirect interest, including financial...
- Texas Section 572.002 - General Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Appointed officer" means: (A) the secretary of state; (B) an individual appointed with the advice and consent of the senate to...
- Texas Section 572.003 - Definition: Appointed Officer Of Major State Agency
(a) In this chapter, "appointed officer of a major state agency" means an individual listed in Subsection (b) or (c). (b) The term means: (1)...
- Texas Section 572.004 - Definition: Regulation
In this chapter, "regulation" means rulemaking, adjudication, or licensing. In this definition: (1) "Adjudication" means the process of an agency for formulating an order. (2)...
- Texas Section 572.005 - Determination Of Substantial Interest
An individual has a substantial interest in a business entity if the individual: (1) has a controlling interest in the business entity; (2) owns more...
- Texas Section 572.006 - Determination Of Dependent Child
An individual's child, including an adopted child or stepchild, is the individual's dependent during a calendar year in which the individual provides more than 50...
- Texas Section 572.007 - Penalties Imposed By Commission
This chapter does not prohibit the imposition of civil penalties by the commission in addition to criminal penalties or other sanctions imposed by law. Added...
SUBCHAPTER B PERSONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
- Texas Section 572.008 - Venue
An offense under this chapter, including perjury, may be prosecuted in Travis County or in any other county in which it may be prosecuted under...
- Texas Section 572.021 - Financial Statement Required
Except as provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a state party...
- Texas Section 572.0211 - Filing By Holdover Officer Not Required
(a) An appointed officer who resigns from office and who ceases to participate in the state agency's functions is not required to file a financial...
- Texas Section 572.022 - Reporting Categories; Required Descriptions
(a) If an amount in a financial statement is required to be reported by category, the individual filing the statement shall report whether the amount...
- Texas Section 572.023 - Contents Of Financial Statement In General
(a) A financial statement must include an account of the financial activity of the individual required by this subchapter to file a financial statement and...
- Texas Section 572.024 - Information About Services For Lobbyists Or Lobbyist Employers
A state officer who receives a fee for services rendered by the officer to or on behalf of a person required to be registered under...
- Texas Section 572.025 - Information About Legislators' Representation Before Executive State Agencies
A member of the legislature who represents another person for compensation before an executive state agency shall report on the financial statement: (1) the name...
- Texas Section 572.0251 - Information About Legislative Continuances
A member or member-elect of the legislature licensed to practice law in this state who represents a party to a civil or criminal case for...
- Texas Section 572.0252 - Information About Referrals
A state officer who is an attorney shall report on the financial statement: (1) making or receiving any referral for compensation for legal services; and...
- Texas Section 572.026 - Filing Dates For State Officers And State Party Chairs
(a) Not later than April 30 each year, a state officer or a state party chair shall file the financial statement as required by this...
- Texas Section 572.027 - Filing Dates For Candidates
(a) An individual who is a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an elected officer shall file the financial statement required by this...
- Texas Section 572.028 - Duplicate Statements
If an individual has filed a financial statement under one provision of this subchapter covering the preceding calendar year, the individual is not required to...
- Texas Section 572.029 - Timeliness Of Filing
(a) The deadline for filing a financial statement required by this subchapter is 5 p.m. of the last day designated in the applicable provision for...
- Texas Section 572.0291 - Electronic Filing Required
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...
- Texas Section 572.030 - Preparation And Mailing Of Forms
(a) The commission shall design forms that may be used for filing the financial statement under this subchapter. (b) The commission shall mail to each...
- Texas Section 572.031 - Determination Of Compliance With Subchapter
(a) The commission shall conduct a continuing survey to determine whether all individuals required to file financial statements under this subchapter have filed statements in...
- Texas Section 572.032 - Public Access To Statements
(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...
- Texas Section 572.033 - Civil Penalty
(a) The commission shall determine from any available evidence whether a statement required to be filed under this subchapter is late. On making a determination...
SUBCHAPTER C STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 572.034 - Criminal Penalty
(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual is a state officer or candidate or state party chair and knowingly and wilfully fails to...
- Texas Section 572.051 - Standards Of Conduct; State Agency Ethics Policy
(a) A state officer or employee should not: (1) accept or solicit any gift, favor, or service that might reasonably tend to influence the officer...
- Texas Section 572.052 - Representation By Legislators Before State Agencies; Criminal Offense
(a) A member of the legislature may not, for compensation, represent another person before a state agency in the executive branch of state government unless...
- Texas Section 572.053 - Voting By Legislators On Certain Measures Or Bills; Criminal Offense
(a) A member of the legislature may not vote on a measure or a bill, other than a measure that will affect an entire class...
- Texas Section 572.0531 - Notice Required For Introduction Or Sponsorship Of Or Voting On Certain Measures Or Bills By Legislators
(a) A member shall file a notice as required by Subsection (b) before introducing, sponsoring, or voting on a measure or bill if the member's...
- Texas Section 572.054 - Representation By Former Officer Or Employee Of Regulatory Agency Restricted; Criminal Offense
(a) A former member of the governing body or a former executive head of a regulatory agency may not make any communication to or appearance...
- Texas Section 572.055 - Certain Solicitations Of Regulated Business Entities Prohibited; Criminal Offense
(a) An association or organization of employees of a regulatory agency may not solicit, accept, or agree to accept anything of value from a business...
- Texas Section 572.056 - Contracts By State Officers With Governmental Entities; Criminal Offense
(a) A state officer may not solicit or accept from a governmental entity a commission, fee, bonus, retainer, or rebate that is compensation for the...
- Texas Section 572.057 - Certain Leases Prohibited
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a member of the legislature, an executive or judicial officer elected in a statewide election, or a business...
- Texas Section 572.058 - Private Interest In Measure Or Decision; Disclosure; Removal From Office For Violation
(a) An elected or appointed officer, other than an officer subject to impeachment under Article XV, Section 2, of the Texas Constitution, who is a...
- Texas Section 572.059 - Independence Of State And Local Officers Acting In Legislative Capacity
(a) In this section, "legislative measure" includes: (1) a bill, resolution, order, or other proposal to adopt, enact, amend, or repeal a statute, ordinance, rule,...
- Texas Section 572.060 - Solicitation Of Or Recommendations Regarding Contributions To Charitable Organizations And Governmental Entities
(a) Unless otherwise prohibited by the Code of Judicial Conduct, a state officer or state employee may: (1) solicit from any person a contribution to:...
- Texas Section 572.061 - Certain Gratuities Authorized
This subchapter does not prohibit the acceptance of a gratuity that is accepted and reported in accordance with Section 11.0262, Parks and Wildlife Code. Added...
- Texas Section 572.069 - Certain Employment For Former State Officer Or Employee Restricted
A former state officer or employee of a state agency who during the period of state service or employment participated on behalf of a state...
Last modified: September 28, 2016