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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the donation of office space owned by a legislator or a |
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legislator's business for use as the legislator's district office. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 572.057, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a [A] member of |
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the legislature, an executive or judicial officer elected in a |
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statewide election, or a business entity in which the legislator or |
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officer has a substantial interest may not lease any office space or |
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other real property to the state, a state agency, the legislature or |
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a legislative agency, the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of |
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Criminal Appeals, or a state judicial agency. |
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(d) A member of the legislature or a business entity in |
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which the legislator has a substantial interest may donate the use |
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of office space that the member or entity owns and that is located |
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in the member's district to the house of the legislature in which |
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the member serves to be used for the member's official business. |
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Office space donated under this subsection is not a contribution |
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for purposes of Title 15, Election Code. Acceptance of a donation |
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of office space under this subsection is not subject to Section |
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301.032. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |