Bill Amendment: TX HB13 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program administered by the council.

Status: 2025-04-03 - Referred to Finance [HB13 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB13-House_Amendment_H_2_3-Cain.html

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Amend CSHB 13 (house committee report) on page 4, line 25, immediately following the underlined period, by adding the following:

A local government is not eligible for a grant under the grant program if the local government spends public funds to:

(1)  hire an individual required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 for the purpose of lobbying a member of the legislature; or

(2)  pay a nonprofit state association or organization that:

(A)  primarily represents political subdivisions; and

(B)  hires or contracts with an individual required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305.