Bill Text: TX HB2677 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 27, 2019 [HB2677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2677-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures from political funds by a lobbyist.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 27, 2019 [HB2677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2677-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Goldman, et al. | H.B. No. 2677 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2677: | |||
By: Harless | C.S.H.B. No. 2677 |
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relating to certain restrictions on contributions and expenditures | ||
from political funds by a lobbyist. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 253.006 and 253.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 253.006. CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY | ||
LOBBYISTS RESTRICTED. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, | ||
a person required to register under Chapter 305, Government Code, | ||
may not knowingly make or authorize a political contribution or | ||
political expenditure from political contributions accepted by: | ||
(1) the person as a candidate or officeholder; | ||
(2) a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of | ||
supporting the person as a candidate or assisting the person as an | ||
officeholder; or | ||
(3) a political committee that accepted a political | ||
contribution from a source described by Subdivision (1) or (2) | ||
during the two-year period immediately before the date the | ||
political contribution or expenditure was made. | ||
Sec. 253.007. PROHIBITION ON LOBBYING BY PERSON MAKING OR | ||
AUTHORIZING CERTAIN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND DIRECT CAMPAIGN | ||
EXPENDITURES. (a) In this section, "administrative action," | ||
"communicates directly with," "legislation," "member of the | ||
executive branch," and "member of the legislative branch" have the | ||
meanings assigned by Section 305.002, Government Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as | ||
provided by Subsection (c), a person who knowingly makes or | ||
authorizes a political contribution or direct campaign expenditure | ||
from political contributions accepted by the person as a candidate | ||
or officeholder may not engage in any activities that require the | ||
person to register under Chapter 305, Government Code, during the | ||
two-year period after the date the person makes or authorizes the | ||
political contribution or direct campaign expenditure. | ||
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a person who: | ||
(1) communicates directly with a member of the | ||
legislative or executive branch only to influence legislation or | ||
administrative action on behalf of: | ||
(A) a nonprofit organization exempt from federal | ||
income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of | ||
1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(3) of that | ||
code; | ||
(B) a group of low-income individuals; or | ||
(C) a group of individuals with disabilities; | ||
and | ||
(2) does not receive compensation other than | ||
reimbursement for actual expenses for engaging in communication | ||
described by Subdivision (1). | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 305.029(a) and (b), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "candidate," "political contribution," | ||
"political committee," [ |
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"specific-purpose committee" have the meanings assigned by Section | ||
251.001, Election Code. | ||
(b) A registrant, or a person on the registrant's behalf and | ||
with the registrant's consent or ratification, [ |
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reported under this chapter from [ |
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that was accepted by: | ||
(1) the registrant as a [ |
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officeholder; | ||
(2) a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of | ||
supporting the registrant as a candidate or assisting the | ||
registrant as an officeholder;[ |
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(3) a political committee that accepted a political | ||
contribution described by Subdivision (1) or (2) during the | ||
two-year period immediately before the date the expenditure was | ||
made or authorized by the registrant. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 253.006 and 253.007, Election Code, as | ||
added by this Act, and Section 305.029, Government Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, apply to a political contribution, political | ||
expenditure, direct campaign expenditure, or lobbying expenditure | ||
made on or after September 27, 2019, from funds accepted as a | ||
political contribution, regardless of the date the funds were | ||
accepted. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 27, 2019. |