Amend CSSB 19 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike page 16, lines 1-3, and substitute the following:
SECTION 2.02. Effective September 1, 2015, Section 305.0061, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c), and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(2) On page 16, lines 6-7, strike "an amount set by the commission that is not less than $50 or greater than 60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem" and substitute "$50 [60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem]".
(3) On page 16, lines 20-21, strike "an amount set by the commission that is not less than $50 or greater than 60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem" and substitute "$50 [60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem]".
(4) On page 16, lines 25-26, strike "an amount set by the commission that is not less than $50 or greater than 60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem" and substitute "$50 [60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem]".
(5) On page 17, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
(h) If more than one registrant or persons acting on behalf of more than one registrant and with each registrant's consent or ratification collaborate to make an expenditure described by Section 305.006(b) together, each registrant shall report the total value of the shared expenditure as required by Subsection (a), (b), or (c), if the total value of the shared expenditure exceeds the amount provided under Subsection (a), (b), or (c).
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 2 of the bill, and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 2.___. Effective September 1, 2015, Section 305.024(a), Government Code, as amended by Chapters 92 (SB 1011) and 206 (HB 1508), Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not offer, confer, or agree to confer:
(1) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5):
(A) a loan, including the guarantee or endorsement of a loan; or
(B) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code; or
(2) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7):
(A) an expenditure for transportation and lodging;
(B) an expenditure or series of expenditures for entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(C) an expenditure or series of expenditures for gifts that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(D) an expenditure for an award or memento that exceeds $500; or
(E) an expenditure described by Section 305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless:
(i) [(A)] the registrant is present at the event; or
(ii) [(B)] the expenditure is for a gift of food or beverages required to be reported under Section 305.006(b)(4) in accordance with Section 305.0061(e-1).
SECTION 2.____. Effective September 1, 2015, Section 305.024, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The registrant shall notify a member of the legislative or executive branch when the registrant has reported, as to that member of the legislative or executive branch, expenditures that, in the aggregate, equal the monetary limits for expenditures under Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION 2.____. Effective September 1, 2015, Section 305.031(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly violates a provision of this chapter other than Section 305.022, 305.024(d), or 305.028. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
(7) On page 29, lines 25-26, strike "Section 572.032(b), Government Code, is repealed" and substitute "Sections 305.0061(g), 305.024(c), and 572.032(b), Government Code, are repealed".
(8) On page 30, line 20, strike "Section" and substitute "Sections".
(9) On page 30, line 21, following "305.0061,", insert "305.024, and 305.031,".