Amend CSSB 19 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the appropriate ARTICLE of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION __.__. Section 305.0061, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(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).
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 3 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION __.__. The changes in law made by this Act in adding Section 305.0061(h), Government Code, apply only to a gift, award, or memento given to or expenditures for transportation, lodging, food, beverages, or entertainment made for a member of the legislative or executive branch or the immediate family of a member of the legislative or executive branch on or after September 1, 2015. A gift, award, or memento given to or an expenditure for transportation, lodging, food, beverages, or entertainment made for a member of the legislative or executive branch or the immediate family of a member of the legislative or executive branch before September 1, 2015, is governed by the law in effect on the date the gift, award, or memento was given, or the date the expenditure for transportation, lodging, food, beverages, or entertainment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(3) Strike SECTION 3.02 of the bill (page 5, line 54) and substitute the following:
SECTION 3.02. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, this Act takes effect January 10, 2017.
(b) The amendment of Section 305.0061, Government Code, by this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.