Amend SB 645 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill
appropriately:
      SECTION ____.  Chapter 556, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 556.006 to read as follows:
      Sec. 556.006.  LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING.  (a)  A state agency may
not use appropriated money to attempt to influence the passage or
defeat of a legislative measure.
      (b)  This section does not prohibit a state officer or
employee from using state resources to provide public information
or to provide information responsive to a request.
      SECTION ____.  Section 556.002, Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      Sec. 556.002.  EXCEPTION.  Except for Section 556.006, this
<This> chapter does not apply to an individual employed by the
Department of Public Safety.
      SECTION ____.  The chapter heading to Chapter 556, Government
code, is amended to read as follows:
 CHAPTER 556. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY STATE AGENCIES AND EMPLOYEES