LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 15, 2015

TO:
Honorable John Kuempel, Chair, House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB585 by Watson (Relating to the content of detailed reports filed by registered lobbyists.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Government Code to delink the threshold for reporting for certain lobby expenditures from the legislative per diem, and would expand the reporting requirements to include expenditures for immediate family members of the legislative or executive branch. The Ethics Commission indicates that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed within current resources.
 
The bill would take effect September 1, 2015.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
356 Texas Ethics Commission
LBB Staff:
UP, FR, AG, EMo