Sec. 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 compensation and on that party's behalf applies for or obtains a legislative continuance under Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or under another law or rule that requires or permits a court to grant a continuance on the grounds that an attorney for a party is a member or member-elect of the legislature shall report on the financial statement:
(1)  the name of the party represented;
(2)  the date on which the member or member-elect was retained to represent the party;
(3)  the style and cause number of the action in which the continuance was sought and the court and jurisdiction in which the action was pending when the continuance was sought;
(4)  the date on which the member or member-elect applied for a continuance;  and
(5)  whether the continuance was granted.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 5.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.