By: Capriglione, Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1785

(Senate Sponsor - Huffman)

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; April 29, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 29, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the information required to be disclosed in a registration form for lobbyists.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 305.005, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:

(l) The registration form must include a statement of whether the registrant is or is required to be registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. Section 611 et seq.).

SECTION 2. Section 305.005, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies to a registration filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A registration filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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