Amend SB 12 by adding the following appropriately numbered subsection (f) to SECTION 1. Chapter 556, Government Code:
(f) This section does not apply to a political subdivision that takes a public vote at a public meeting to contract or hire an individual required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 for the purpose of lobbying a member of the legislature or votes to approve payment to a nonprofit association or organization that hires or contracts with an individual required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305.