{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-159.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 159.005","heading":"PREPARATION OF FORMS.","body":"(a) The county clerk may:\n(1) design a form to be used for filing the financial statement required by this subchapter; or\n(2) require that a form designed by the Texas Ethics Commission under Chapter 572, Government Code, be used for filing the financial statement.\n(b) The county clerk shall mail or, at the request of the person required to file under this subchapter, send by electronic mail, the form to each person required to file under this subchapter within the time prescribed by Section 572.030(c), Government Code.\nAmended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 969 (H.B. 3602), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (S.B. 692), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 159. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBCHAPTER A. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY CERTAIN COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.159.htm#159.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"5ccf976bfb9a057b533f95963c3880fa707760131442a7d30e3d980ae4c0a3fa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-159.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-159.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}