Amend CSHB 1606 as follows:
(1) Between Sections 4.05 and 4.06 of the bill (Senate
committee report, page 24, between lines 2 and 3), insert the
following new section, appropriately numbered:
SECTION 4.___. Section 305.0061, Government Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (g) to
read as follows:
(a) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf
and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes
expenditures that exceed 60 percent of the amount of the
legislative per diem in [$50] a day for transportation or lodging
for a member of the legislative or executive branch, the registrant
shall also state the following on the report filed under Section
305.006:
(1) the name of the member of the legislative or
executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made;
(2) the place and date of the transportation or
lodging; and
(3) the purpose of the transportation or lodging.
(b) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf
and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes
expenditures that exceed 60 percent of the amount of the
legislative per diem in [$50] a day for food and beverages for a
member of the legislative or executive branch or makes expenditures
that exceed 60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem in
[$50] a day for entertainment for a member of the legislative or
executive branch or for the immediate family of a member of the
legislative or executive branch, the registrant shall also state
the following on the report filed under Section 305.006:
(1) the name of the member of the legislative or
executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made;
(2) the place and date of the expenditure; and
(3) the amount of the expenditure by the appropriate
category of the amount, as determined by the commission.
(g) In this section, "legislative per diem" means the per
diem set by the commission for members of the legislature as
provided by Section 24(a), Article III, Texas Constitution.
(2) Between Sections 4.12 and 4.13 of the bill (Senate
committee report, page 26, between lines 2 and 3), insert the
following new section, appropriately numbered:
SECTION 4.___. Sections 305.0061(a) and (b), Government
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to the reporting under
Chapter 305, Government Code, of an expenditure for transportation,
lodging, food and beverages, or entertainment made on or after
September 1, 2003. The reporting under Chapter 305, Government
Code, of an expenditure for transportation, lodging, food and
beverages, or entertainment made before September 1, 2003, is
governed by the law in effect at the time the expenditure is made,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(3) Renumber the sections of Article 4 of the bill
accordingly.