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By: Geren, Howard, Button |
H.B. No. 505 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; |
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May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain |
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political contributions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "political contribution," |
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"political committee," and "political expenditure" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person |
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required to register under this chapter may not, at any time |
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following the date the last term for which the person was elected |
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ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political contributions |
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accepted by the person as a candidate or officeholder, a political |
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expenditure that is a political contribution to another candidate, |
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officeholder, or political committee. |
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(c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a |
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political contribution or political expenditure in support of the |
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person's own candidacy. |
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SECTION 2. Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to an expenditure made on or after January 8, |
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2019, from funds accepted as a political contribution, regardless |
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of the date the funds were accepted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019. |
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