Bill Text: TX HB3178 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to expenditures and the reporting of those expenditures by lobbyists; providing criminal penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB3178 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3178-Introduced.html
By: Lewis | H.B. No. 3178 |
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relating to expenditures and the reporting of those expenditures by | ||
lobbyists; providing criminal penalties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 305.024(a), Government Code, as amended | ||
by Chapters 92 (S.B. 1011) and 206 (H.B. 1508), Acts of the 79th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person | ||
registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's | ||
behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not | ||
offer, confer, or agree to confer: | ||
(1) to an individual described by Section | ||
305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5): | ||
(A) a loan, including the guarantee or | ||
endorsement of a loan; or | ||
(B) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as | ||
described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code; or | ||
(2) to an individual described by Section | ||
305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7): | ||
(A) an expenditure for transportation and | ||
lodging; | ||
(B) an expenditure or series of expenditures for | ||
entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $200 [ |
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calendar year; | ||
(C) an expenditure or series of expenditures for | ||
gifts that in the aggregate exceed $100 [ |
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(D) an expenditure for an award or memento that | ||
exceeds $200 [ |
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(E) an expenditure described by Section | ||
305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless: | ||
(i) [ |
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event; or | ||
(ii) [ |
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food or beverages required to be reported under Section | ||
305.006(b)(4) in accordance with Section 305.0061(e-1); or | ||
(F) an expenditure described by Section | ||
305.006(b)(2) unless the expenditure does not exceed $50 per meal | ||
and the registrant is present when the food or beverage is served. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
305.024, Government Code, applies only to an expenditure made on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. An expenditure made before | ||
the effective date of this Act: | ||
(1) is governed by the law in effect at the time the | ||
expenditure is made; and | ||
(2) is not aggregated with expenditures made on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |