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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting of certain expenditures by registered |
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lobbyists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 305.0062(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The report filed under Section 305.006 must also contain |
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the total expenditures described by Section 305.006(b) that are |
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directly attributable to members of the legislative or executive |
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branch. The expenditures must be stated in only one of the |
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following categories: |
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(1) state senators; |
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(2) state representatives; |
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(3) elected or appointed state officers, other than |
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those described by Subdivision (1) or (2); |
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(4) legislative agency employees; |
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(5) executive agency employees; |
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(6) the immediate family of a member of the |
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legislative or executive branch; |
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(7) guests, when invited by an individual described by |
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Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5); and |
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(8) events to which: |
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(A) all legislators are invited; |
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(B) a legislative committee and the staff of the |
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legislative committee are invited; |
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(C) state senators and the staff of state |
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senators are invited; |
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(D) state representatives and the staff of state |
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representatives are invited; and |
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(E) all legislative staff are invited. |
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SECTION 2. Section 305.0062, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a report required to be filed under |
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Section 305.006, Government Code, on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A report required to be filed under Section 305.006, |
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Government Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the report is due, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |