Amend HB 3207 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION _____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code,
is amended by adding Section 305.028 to read as follows:
      Sec. 305.028.  LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE PROHIBITED.  (a)  A
state agency or a municipality with a population of 1.5 million or
more may not:
            (1)  spend any funds to influence the passage or defeat
of legislation;
            (2)  spend any funds to pay, in whole or in part, the
compensation for the full-time employment of an employee who is
required to register under this chapter;
            (3)  spend any funds to pay, in whole or in part, the
compensation for the part-time employment of an employee who is
required to register under this chapter because of the employee's
activities for an industry, profession, or association:
                  (A)  that the employee's agency or municipality
regulates;
                  (B)  from which the employee's agency or
municipality purchases goods or services; or
                  (C)  to which the employee's agency or
municipality provides goods or services, including grants or loans;
            (4)  employ a person who is required to register under
this chapter by virtue of the employee's activities on behalf of
the agency or municipality; or
            (5)  employ a person whose primary duties are
activities related to acting as an advocate or proponent of
legislation.
      (b)  An officer or employee of a state agency or a
municipality with a population of 1.5 million or more may furnish
any member of the legislature or a legislative committee, on
request, information in the possession of the officer or employee
that is not considered to be confidential under law.
      (c)  A part-time employee may serve as a lobbyist under this
section if the entity for which the person is lobbying is not
related to the agency or municipality with which the person is
employed.
      (d)  A state agency or a municipality with a population of
1.5 million or more may employ a person whose primary duties
include supplying information to members of the legislative branch,
obtaining information from the legislative branch, monitoring the
progress of legislation, or testifying before the legislature as a
resource witness.  A person employed under this section may not
testify for or against proposed legislation.
      (e)  A state agency or a municipality with a population of
1.5 million or more that spends money or employs a person in
violation of this section is liable to the state for a civil
penalty in an amount equal to three times the compensation paid by
the state agency or a municipality to the person.  The attorney
general may sue to collect the penalty.
      (f)  In this section, "state agency" means a governmental
entity that spends money appropriated to the entity by the General
Appropriations Act.