Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered provision under the Article I appropriations to the Texas Ethics Commission (page I-34):

____.  Study on Failure to File Lobbyist Registration Forms and Lobbying Activities Reports. (a)  It is the intent of the legislature that the Texas Ethics Commission, using funds appropriated to the commission above, study the fiscal impact of the failure of lobbyists to file lobbyist registration forms during the previous calendar year or lobbying activities reports covering activities occurring during the previous calendar year as required under Chapter 305, Government Code.

(b)  Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission shall provide a report on the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the legislature.

(c)  The report submitted under Subsections (a) and (b) shall include the name of each person who the commission determines failed to both file a lobbyist registration form during the previous calendar year and a lobbying activities report covering activities occurring during the previous calendar year. This report shall list and itemize, to the extent possible, amounts of unpaid registration fees and estimates of state resources expended in relation to and the economic impact of not filing lobbyist registration forms during the previous calendar year or lobbying activities reports covering activities occurring during the previous calendar year.