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(1) Impersonates a public servant with intent to induce an ther to his or her pretended official authority or to rely on his or her retenc acts; or IV. (2) Knowingly purports to exercise any function of a public servE public office, including that of a judge and court, and the ositioi through which he or she purports to exercise a function o a publ or public office has no lawful existence under the constituti n or IE state or of the United States. An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree more than 10 nor less than 2 years). Chapter 145, Texas Local Government Code • In 2003, the 78`h Texas Legislature amended the Local by adding a new Chapter 145, which requires a"muni a personal financial disclosure statement with the City Se April 30'h of each calendar year. . . . . Although passed in 2003, the law became effective Jan ary 1, the initial reports required were due no later than April 30 f that vernin body or , is no included "Municipal officer" means the mayor, a member of the go~erning~~ody, the municipal attorney, or the city manager of a municipality ec. 1.002. • As applied to Houston, only the Mayor, members of~the Ci~Council, and the City Attorney are required to fle this disclo ure st ement. • The City Controller, not being a member of the otherwise covered by the aforementioned definii within the statute. The personal financial statement must disclose the m nicipa required financial information for the preceding calendar ar. Failure to file the report is a Class B misdemeanor ($20~0 fine/) jail/both). Chapter 171, Texas Local Government Code • This Chapter prohibits "local public officials" from ta vote, or decision in which they have a substantial inte K:\ETHICS\RDC3116A bmit to official torofa or office servant is of this t not nt Code !e' to file ir before and officer's 6 months part in debate, PAGE 9 1 14