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Amend CSSB 445 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill as follows:
(1) In added Section 140.012, Local Government Code, strike added Subsection (b) (page 1, lines 41-48) and substitute the following:
(b) A political subdivision or entity described by Subsection (a) may enter into a contract to spend money to directly or indirectly influence or attempt to influence the outcome of any legislation only if the contract, purpose of the contract, recipient of the contract, and amount of the contract expenditure are authorized by a majority vote of the governing body of the political subdivision or entity in an open meeting of the governing body. The contract expenditure must be voted on by the governing body as a stand-alone item on the agenda at the meeting. The governing body may approve multiple contract expenditures for the purpose described by this subsection by a single vote of the governing body, if the total amount of those expenditures is stated as a separate item on the meeting agenda.
(2) In added Section 140.012, Local Government Code, following Section 140.012(f) (page 2, between lines 27 and 28), insert the following:
(g) This section does not apply to expenditures or contracts of a political subdivision or entity described by Subsection (a) that are related to a person who is a full-time employee of the political subdivision or entity, or to the reimbursement of expenses for a full-time employee of the political subdivision or entity.