H.B. No. 2984
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 305.0021(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  For purposes of Section 36.02 or 36.10, Penal Code, a
  person described by Subsection (a)(2)(A) is not considered to have
  made an expenditure [the amount of a joint expenditure that is
  attributed to a person who is not a registrant is not an expenditure
  made and reported] in accordance with this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  The amendment made by this Act to Section
  305.0021(b), Government Code, is intended to clarify rather than
  change existing law.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2984 was passed by the House on April
  25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2984 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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            _____________________
                   Governor