80R9622 DLF-D
 
  By: Berman H.B. No. 2493
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of restrictions on the representation
of a person before a state regulatory agency by a former employee of
the agency.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 572.054(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
       (c)  Subsection (b) applies only to:
             (1)  a state officer of a regulatory agency; or
             (2)  a state employee of a regulatory agency who is
compensated, as of the last date of state employment, at or above
the minimum amount prescribed by the General Appropriations Act for
[step 1,] salary group B15 [17,] of the position classification
salary schedule, including an employee who is exempt from the
state's position classification plan.
       SECTION 2.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2007. For
purposes of this section, an offense is committed before September
1, 2007, if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
       (b)  An offense committed before September 1, 2007, is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.