Bill Amendment: TX SB13 | 2025 | 89th Legislature 2nd Special Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
Status: 2025-08-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB13-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F5-Men_ndez.html
Bill Title: Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities.
Status: 2025-08-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB13 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB13-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F5-Men_ndez.html
Amend SB 13 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 556.0056, Government Code (page 2, between lines 16 and 17), by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections accordingly:
( ) An individual may file a sworn complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission in accordance with Subchapter E, Chapter 571, alleging a violation of Subsection (a). The commission may impose a penalty in accordance with Chapter 571 if the commission determines that a political subdivision engaged in an activity prohibited by Subsection (a).
