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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. Section 305.0021(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) For purposes of Section 36.02 or 36.10, Penal Code, a |
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person described by Subsection (a)(2)(A) is not considered to have |
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made an expenditure [the amount of a joint expenditure that is
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attributed to a person who is not a registrant is not an expenditure
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made and reported] in accordance with this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. The amendment made by this Act to Section |
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305.0021(b), Government Code, is intended to clarify rather than |
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change existing law. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2984 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2984 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |