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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 305.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 305.0021. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF JOINT |
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EXPENDITURE. (a) If a registrant, or a person on the registrant's |
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behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification, joins |
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with another person to make an expenditure described by this |
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chapter, the amount of the expenditure made by or on behalf of the |
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registrant for purposes of this chapter includes only: |
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(1) the amount of the portion of the joint expenditure |
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contributed by the registrant; and |
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(2) the amount of any portion of the joint expenditure |
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that: |
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(A) is made on behalf of the registrant by a |
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person who is not a registrant; and |
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(B) is not otherwise reported under this chapter. |
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(b) For purposes of Section 36.02 or 36.10, Penal Code, the |
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amount of a joint expenditure that is attributed to a person who is |
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not a registrant is not an expenditure made and reported in |
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accordance with this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Section 305.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total value of a |
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joint expenditure under Subsection (a)(2)(B), (C), or (D) may |
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exceed $500 if each portion of the expenditure: |
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(1) is made by a registrant; and |
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(2) does not exceed $500. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to the making or reporting under Chapter 305, Government Code, |
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of an expenditure made on or after September 1, 2007. The making or |
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reporting under Chapter 305, Government Code, of an expenditure |
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made before September 1, 2007, is governed by the law in effect at |
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the time the expenditure is made, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an |
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offense committed on or after September 1, 2007. For the purposes |
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of this section, an offense is committed before September 1, 2007, |
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if any element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense |
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committed before September 1, 2007, is covered by the law in effect |
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when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |