Amend CSSB 219 (hosue committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumbering remaining SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 3.____. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 572.0231 to read as follows:
Sec. 572.0231. CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) In this section, "governmental entity" means the state, a political subdivision of the state, or an agency or department of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
(b) If the aggregate cost of goods or services sold under one or more written contracts described by this subdivision exceeds $10,000 in the year covered by the report, an elected officer or a partisan or independent candidate for an office as an elected officer shall report on the financial statement an identification of each written contract, including the name of each party to the contract:
(1) for the sale of goods or services;
(2) in the amount of $2,500 or more;
(3) with:
(i) a governmental entity; or
(ii) a person who contracts with a governmental entity, to fulfill one or more of the person's obligations to the governmental entity under that contract; and
(4) to which the individual, the individual's spouse, the individual's dependent child, or any business association of which the individual, the individual's spouse, or the individual's dependent child has at least a 50 percent ownership interest is a party.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a financial statement filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, as amended by this Act, on or after January 1, 2015. A financial statement filed before January 1, 2015, is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.