Bill Text: TX HB3512 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to lobbying activities and the registration of lobbyists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3512 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3512-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3512 | ||
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| relating to lobbying activities and the registration of lobbyists. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 305.002, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (2-a) "Communicates directly with a member of the | ||
| legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or | ||
| administrative action" or any variation of the phrase includes | ||
| establishing goodwill with the member for the purpose of later | ||
| communicating with the member to influence legislation or | ||
| administrative action. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 305.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b-3) and (b-4) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-3) Subsection (a)(2) does not require a person to | ||
| register if the person spends not more than 26 hours, or another | ||
| amount of time determined by the commission, for which the person is | ||
| compensated or reimbursed during the calendar quarter engaging in | ||
| activity, including preparatory activity as defined by the | ||
| commission, to communicate directly with a member of the | ||
| legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or | ||
| administrative action. | ||
| (b-4) If a person spends more than eight hours in a single | ||
| day engaging in activity to communicate directly with a member of | ||
| the legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or | ||
| administrative action, the person is considered to have engaged in | ||
| the activity for only eight hours during that day for purposes of | ||
| Subsection (b-3). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 305.003, Government Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a registration or registration renewal | ||
| required to be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A registration or registration | ||
| renewal required to be filed under Chapter 305, Government Code, | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
| effect on the date the registration or registration renewal is due, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3512 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 12, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3512 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
