Section 159.034 - Filing Requirement(a) The commissioners court may require the report to be filed with the clerk of the commissioners court, the county auditor, or any other county officer. However, the commissioners court may require the report to be filed with the county clerk or other elected county officer only if the county clerk or elected county officer consents to the imposition of that duty.(b) The commissioners court may not require records filed under this subchapter to be maintained for more than one year and may require the authority with whom the records are filed to destroy the records after one year.(c) A person required by order of the commissioners court to file a report under this subchapter is considered to have complied with the order if the person files with the authority prescribed by the commissioners court a report that complies with the requirements of Chapter 572, Government Code.(d) A report filed under this subchapter may be filed by electronic mail. The authority with whom the report is filed may prescribe the manner and format for filing by electronic mail.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 159.034
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1172,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 568, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/2009.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(38), eff. 9/1/1995.Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 39(a), eff. 8/28/1989. Renumbered from Sec. 159.004 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 7.01, eff. 1/1/1992.