Bill Text: TX SB62 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to permitting the Texas Ethics Commission to provide seminars and charge an attendance fee for those seminars.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [SB62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB62-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 62 | ||
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| relating to permitting the Texas Ethics Commission to provide | ||
| seminars and charge an attendance fee for those seminars. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 571.071, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) The commission may provide a seminar for persons | ||
| required to register under Chapter 305 that addresses issues | ||
| involving lobbying, political contributions and expenditures, and | ||
| other issues as determined by the commission. The commission may | ||
| charge a fee for attending the seminar in an amount necessary to | ||
| cover the costs associated with the seminar, including the cost of | ||
| providing food or nonalcoholic beverages to attendees. | ||
| (d) The commission may provide a seminar that addresses the | ||
| laws administered and enforced by the commission and any other | ||
| relevant laws, as determined by the commission. The commission may | ||
| charge a fee for attending the seminar in an amount necessary to | ||
| cover the costs associated with the seminar, including the cost of | ||
| providing food or nonalcoholic beverages to attendees. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the House on | ||
| May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 30, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
