79R6116 DLF-D

By:  Denny                                                        H.B. No. 1508



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as 
lobbyists.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 305.007(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	 (a)  The registrant must file the report required by Section 
305.006 between the 1st and 10th day of each month. Subject to 
Section 305.0071, the [The] report must cover the activities 
occurring during the previous month.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 305.0071 to read as follows:
	Sec. 305.0071.  INCLUSION OF EXPENDITURE IN 
REPORT.  (a)  Except as provided by this section:
		(1)  an expenditure is not required to be included in a 
report under Section 305.006 for a month before the month in which 
the amount is readily determinable by the person making the 
expenditure; and
		(2)  an expenditure is not required to be included in a 
report under Section 305.0063 for a calendar year before the year in 
which the amount is readily determinable by the person making the 
expenditure.
	(b)  An expenditure that is of a character for which, under 
normal business practice, the amount is not disclosed until receipt 
of a periodic bill must be included in the report for the reporting 
period in which the bill is received.
	(c)  The amount of an expenditure made by credit card must be 
included in the report for the reporting period in which:
		(1)  the expenditure is made; or                                       
		(2)  the person receives the credit card statement that 
includes the expenditure.
	SECTION 3.  Section 305.007, Government Code, as amended by 
this Act, and Section 305.0071, Government Code, as added by this 
Act, apply only to a report required to be filed under Section 
305.006 or 305.0063, Government Code, on or after September 1, 
2005.  A report required to be filed under Section 305.006 or 
305.0063, Government Code, before September 1, 2005, is governed by 
the law in effect at the time the report is required to be filed, and 
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.