Bill Text: TX HB3409 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to reporting of lobbying activities and changes in lobbying activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3409 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3409-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to reporting of lobbying activities and changes in lobbying activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3409 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3409-Introduced.html
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By: Kolkhorst | H.B. No. 3409 |
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relating to filing amended statements reflecting change in lobby | ||
registration; creating an offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 305.005(k), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(k) If there is a change in the information required to be | ||
reported by a registrant under this section, other than Subsection | ||
(h) or (i), and that changed information is not timely reported on a | ||
report due under Section 305.007, the registrant shall file an | ||
amended registration [ |
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commission not later than the date on which an amended registration | ||
is due under Section 305.0065 or the next report is due under | ||
Section 305.007, as applicable. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 305.0065 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 305.0065. AMENDED REGISTRATION DURING LEGISLATIVE | ||
SESSION. (a) This section applies only during the period beginning | ||
on the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing | ||
through the date of final adjournment. | ||
(b) A registrant shall file with the commission an amended | ||
registration if there is a change in: | ||
(1) the person who reimburses, retains, or employs the | ||
registrant and on whose behalf the registrant has communicated | ||
directly with a member of the legislative or executive branch to | ||
influence legislation or administrative action; or | ||
(2) the subject matter about which the registrant has | ||
communicated directly with a member of the legislative or executive | ||
branch. | ||
(c) The amended registration must be written and verified | ||
and must contain the information required in Section 305.005. | ||
(d) The registrant must file the amended registration not | ||
later than the fifth day after the date on which the registrant, any | ||
person the registrant retains or employs to appear on the | ||
registrant's behalf, or any other person appearing on the | ||
registrant's behalf makes the first direct communication with a | ||
member of the legislative or executive branch on behalf of any | ||
person or about any subject matter required to be included in the | ||
amended registration. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 305.009, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commission shall make available on its website an | ||
amended registration filed under Section 305.0065 not later than | ||
the next business day after the date the amended registration is | ||
filed. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |