78S10457 JJT-F

By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 54 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appropriation of certain lobby registration fees.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The additional revenue generated by the increase 
in the amount of certain lobby registration fees under Section 
305.0064, Government Code, as added by House Bill No. 1606, Acts of 
the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, collected during the 
state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, by the Texas 
Ethics Commission is appropriated to the Texas Ethics Commission 
for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, for the 
development and implementation of the electronic filing system for 
lobbyists, as required by Section 305.0064.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.