Bill Text: TX HB302 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 302 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain family members who are required to register as lobbyists in personal financial statements filed by public officers and candidates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-25 - Referred to General Investigating & Ethics [HB302 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB302-Introduced.html

	85S11042 EES-D

	By: Fallon	H.B. No. 302



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the disclosure of certain family members who are
	required to register as lobbyists in personal financial statements
	filed by public officers and candidates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 572.021, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. Except as
	provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or
	independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a
	state party chair shall file with the commission a verified
	financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through
	572.0253 [~~572.0252~~].
	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 572.0253 to read as follows:
	Sec. 572.0253. INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN LOBBYIST
	REGISTRATIONS. An individual shall identify on the financial
	statement each individual related to the individual within the
	first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under
	Subchapter B, Chapter 573, who is required to register as a lobbyist
	under Chapter 305.
	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter
	B, Chapter 572, Government Code, apply only to a financial
	statement filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code,
	as amended by this Act, on or after January 8, 2019. A financial
	statement filed before January 8, 2019, is governed by the law in
	effect on the date of filing, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.