80R9614 DLF-D
 
  By: Berman H.B. No. 2489
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to categories for reporting compensation or reimbursement
paid to registered lobbyists.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 305.005(g), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       (g)  Compensation or reimbursement required to be reported
under Subsection (f)(6) shall be reported in the following
categories unless reported as an exact amount:
             (1)  $0 if no compensation or reimbursement is
received;
             (2)  less than $10,000;
             (3)  at least $10,000 but less than $25,000;
             (4)  at least $25,000 but less than $50,000;
             (5)  at least $50,000 but less than $100,000;
             (6)  at least $100,000 but less than $150,000;
             (7)  at least $150,000 but less than $200,000; [and]
             (8)  at least $200,000 but less than $250,000;
             (9)  at least $250,000 but less than $300,000;
             (10)  at least $300,000 but less than $350,000;
             (11)  at least $350,000 but less than $400,000;
             (12)  at least $400,000 but less than $450,000;
             (13)  at least $450,000 but less than $500,000; and
             (14)  $500,000 or more.
       SECTION 2.  Section 305.005(g), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a registration or registration renewal
required to be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after
September 1, 2007. A registration or registration renewal required
to be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, before September 1,
2007, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before
September 1, 2007, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.