85R5744 EES-D
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 464
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the availability on the Internet of certain
  registrations and reports filed by lobbyists.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 305.0091 to read as follows:
         Sec. 305.0091.  AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS ON
  INTERNET. (a) The commission shall make available to the public on
  the commission's Internet website each registration or report filed
  with the commission under this chapter.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 305.009(e), the
  commission shall make a registration or report available on the
  commission's Internet website not later than the 10th business day
  after the date the registration or report is filed.
         (c)  The commission shall remove the home address of an
  individual from a registration or report before posting the
  registration or report on the commission's Internet website.
         (d)  The commission may not remove a registration or report
  from the commission's Internet website before the fifth anniversary
  of the date the commission makes the registration or report
  available on the commission's Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  Section 305.0091, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a registration, registration renewal,
  amended registration statement, or report required to be filed
  under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after the effective date
  of this Act. A registration, registration renewal, amended
  registration statement, or report required to be filed under
  Chapter 305, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the registration,
  registration renewal, amended registration statement, or report is
  due, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.