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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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re |
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lating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as |
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lobbyists. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 305.0061 (a) and (b), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf |
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and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes |
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expenditures that exceed $50 [60 percent of the amount of the
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legislative per diem] in a day for transportation or lodging for a |
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member of the legislative or executive branch, the registrant shall |
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also state the following on the report filed under Section 305.006: |
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(1) the name of the member of the legislative or |
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executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made; |
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(2) the place and date of the transportation or |
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lodging; and |
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(3) the purpose of the transportation or lodging. |
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(b) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf |
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and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes |
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expenditures that exceed $50 [60 percent of the amount of the
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legislative per diem] in a day for food and beverages for a member |
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of the legislative or executive branch or makes expenditures that |
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exceed $50 [60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem] in |
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a day for entertainment for a member of the legislative or executive |
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branch or for the immediate family of a member of the legislative or |
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executive branch, the registrant shall also state the following on |
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the report filed under Section 305.006: |
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(1) the name of the member of the legislative or |
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executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made; |
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(2) the place and date of the expenditure; and |
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(3) the amount of the expenditure by the appropriate |
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category of the amount, as determined by the commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 305.0061 (g), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. Section 305.0061, Government Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a report required to be filed under |
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Section 305.006, Government Code, on or after September 1, 2015. A |
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report required to be filed under Section 305.006, Government Code, |
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before September 1, 2015, is governed by the law in effect at the |
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time the report is required to be filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |