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