Bill Text: TX HB3882 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to lobbying by former statewide elected officers or members of their staffs; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3882 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3882-Introduced.html
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| By: Larson | H.B. No. 3882 | |
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| relating to lobbying by former statewide elected officers or | ||
| members of their staffs; creating a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 572.064 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 572.064. FORMER STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICER OR STAFF: | ||
| LOBBYING RESTRICTED. (a) A former elected officer elected in a | ||
| statewide election may not, before the second anniversary of the | ||
| first day of the month following the date the person ceases to hold | ||
| the office, engage in activities that require registration under | ||
| Chapter 305. | ||
| (b) A person who is employed by and reports directly to an | ||
| elected officer elected in a statewide election in the officer's | ||
| official capacity may not, before the second anniversary of the | ||
| date the person ceases to be employed by the elected officer, engage | ||
| in activities that require registration under Chapter 305. | ||
| (c) A person who violates Subsection (a) or (b) commits an | ||
| offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 572.064, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a person who ceases to be a statewide | ||
| elected officer on or after the effective date of this Act or a | ||
| person who ceases to be employed by a statewide elected officer on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
