Bill Text: TX SB638 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on legislative lobbying by a regional mobility authority or an employee of a regional mobility authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to State Affairs [SB638 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB638-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 638 | |
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| relating to restrictions on legislative lobbying by a regional | ||
| mobility authority or an employee of a regional mobility authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 370.2524 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 370.2524. LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING. (a) An authority or | ||
| an employee of an authority may not use money under the authority's | ||
| control or engage in an activity to influence the passage or defeat | ||
| of legislation. | ||
| (b) Violation of Subsection (a) is grounds for dismissal of | ||
| an employee. | ||
| (c) This section does not prohibit an authority or an | ||
| employee of an authority from using state resources to: | ||
| (1) provide public information or information | ||
| responsive to a request; or | ||
| (2) communicate with officers and employees of the | ||
| federal government in pursuit of federal appropriations or | ||
| programs. | ||
| (d) An authority may not spend from funds appropriated to | ||
| the department any money for the purpose of selecting, hiring, or | ||
| retaining a person required to register under Chapter 305, | ||
| Government Code, or the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1601 et seq.), unless that expenditure is allowed under | ||
| state law. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 370.2524, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to an expenditure made or an activity | ||
| engaged in on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| expenditure made or an activity engaged in before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
| expenditure was made or the activity was engaged in, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
