Amend CSSB 13 (senate committee report) by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:

SECTION 1.  (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall conduct a study to:

(1)  determine the financial impact to the state, municipalities, counties, school districts, and other political subdivisions of this state of the current system authorizing employee payroll deductions for membership dues, charitable contributions, and other similar purposes; and

(2)  identify which organizations, associations, and other entities that receive membership dues, charitable contributions, or similar payments from an employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state through an employee payroll deduction system:

(A)  retain one or more lobbyists, including those not required to register under Chapter 305, Government Code; or

(B)  engage in legislative advertising or another activity that advocates for or against the adoption or rejection of a bill, resolution, ordinance, order, rule, or other measure, that may be approved by the legislature, a state agency, or the governing body of political subdivision of this state.

(b)  The comptroller shall consider the following factors when making the determination described by Subsection (a)(1):

(1)  any administrative costs to process payroll deductions;

(2)  the number of employees of an entity described by Subsection (a)(1) that use payroll deduction to pay labor organization dues;

(3)  the number of employees of an entity described by Subsection (a)(1) that use payroll deduction to pay professional association dues;

(4)  the number of employees of an entity described by Subsection (a)(1) that use payroll deduction to make donations to charitable organizations; and

(5)  any other factor the comptroller determines to be relevant to the determination.

(c)  The comptroller shall complete the study required by this section and publish the study on the comptroller's Internet website not later than January 1, 2019.

SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.