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Amend HB 1495 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 161, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 161.107 to read as follows:
Sec. 161.107. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) The commission shall prominently display on the county's Internet website the following regarding contracts for services executed by the county that would require a person to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code:
(1) the execution dates;
(2) the contract duration terms, including any extension options;
(3) the effective dates;
(4) the final amount of money the county paid in the previous fiscal year;
(5) the identity of all parties to the contract;
(6) the identity of all subcontractors in the contract; and
(7) the legislative agenda of the county.
(b) In lieu of displaying the items described by Subsections (a)(1)-(6) regarding a contract for services that would require a person to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, the commission may post on the county's Internet website the contract executed by the county for those services.
(c) Information required to be displayed on a county's Internet website under this section is public information subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION ____. Section 2252.908(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) This section applies only to a contract of a governmental entity or state agency that:
(1) requires an action or vote by the governing body of the entity or agency before the contract may be signed; [or]
(2) has a value of at least $1 million; or
(3) is for services that would require a person to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305.
SECTION ____. Section 140.0045, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 140.0045. ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN [PUBLIC NOTICE] EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a political subdivision must include, in a manner allowing for as clear a comparison as practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year, a line item indicating expenditures for:
(1) notices required by law to be published in a newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the political subdivision; and
(2) directly or indirectly influencing or attempting to influence the outcome of legislation or administrative action, as those terms are defined in Section 305.002, Government Code [that allows as clear a comparison as practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year].
(b) Subsection (a)(1) [This section] does not apply to a junior college district.