Bill Text: TX HB3517 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3517-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3517 |
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relating to requirements governing registration and authorized | ||
activities of certain lobbyists; expanding the applicability of an | ||
occupational registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 305.0041(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person is not required to register under this chapter | ||
in accordance with Section 305.003(a)(2) solely because the person | ||
receives or is entitled to receive compensation or reimbursement | ||
to: | ||
(1) communicate as an employee of a vendor of a product | ||
or service to a member of the executive branch concerning state | ||
agency purchasing decisions that do not exceed 10 million dollars | ||
involving a product, service, or service provider or negotiations | ||
regarding such decisions; | ||
(2) communicate as an employee of a vendor of a product | ||
or service to a member of the executive branch concerning state | ||
agency purchasing decisions that exceed 10 million dollars | ||
involving a product, service, or service provider or negotiations | ||
regarding such decisions if the compensation for the communication | ||
is not totally or partially contingent on the outcome of any | ||
administrative action; | ||
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or task force if the person is appointed to serve in that capacity | ||
by a member of the legislative or executive branch; or | ||
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force, or advisory committee on which a member of the legislative or | ||
executive branch also serves. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 305.022(c-1) and (c-3), Government | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. A person who is required to register under | ||
Chapter 305, Government Code, solely as a result of the change in | ||
law made by this Act to Section 305.0041(a), Government Code, is not | ||
required to register under that chapter before January 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3517 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3517 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |