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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 2TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 46DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTED PARTIES
RULE §46.5Disclosure of Interested Parties Form

(a) A disclosure of interested parties form required by §2252.908 of the Government Code must be filed on an electronic form prescribed by the commission that contains the following:

  (1) The name of the business entity filing the form and the city, state, and country of the business entity's place of business;

  (2) The name of the governmental entity or state agency that is a party to the contract for which the form is being filed;

  (3) The name of each interested party and the city, state, and country of the place of business of each interested party;

  (4) The identification number used by the governmental entity or state agency to track or identify the contract for which the form is being filed and a short description of the services, goods, or other property used by the governmental entity or state agency provided under the contract; and

  (5) An indication of whether each interested party has a controlling interest in the business entity, is an intermediary in the contract for which the disclosure is being filed, or both.

(b) The certification of filing and the completed disclosure of interested parties form generated by the commission's electronic filing application must be printed, signed by an authorized agent of the contracting business entity, and submitted to the governmental entity or state agency that is the party to the contract for which the form is being filed.

(c) A governmental entity or state agency that receives a completed disclosure of interested parties form and certification of filing shall notify the commission, in an electronic format prescribed by the commission, of the receipt of those documents not later than the 30th day after the date the governmental entity or state agency receives the disclosure.

(d) The commission shall make each disclosure of interested parties form filed with the commission under §2252.908(f) of the Government Code available to the public on the commission's Internet website not later than the seventh business day after the date the commission receives the notice required under subsection (c) of this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §46.5 adopted to be effective December 24, 2015, 40 TexReg 9113; amended to be effective June 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 4431

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