Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R7578 ATP-F
2	2	By: Geren H.B. No. 1283
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the ethics of public officers and related requirements;
8	8	creating criminal offenses.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	ARTICLE 1. PENSION REVOCATION; LOSS OF LEGISLATIVE OFFICE
11	11	SECTION 1.01. Chapter 810, Government Code, is amended by
12	12	adding Section 810.002 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 810.002. CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS INELIGIBLE FOR
14	14	RETIREMENT ANNUITY. (a) In this section:
15	15	(1) "Governing body of a public retirement system" and
16	16	"public retirement system" have the meanings assigned by Section
17	17	802.001.
18	18	(2) "Qualifying felony" means any felony involving:
19	19	(A) bribery;
20	20	(B) the embezzlement, extortion, or other theft
21	21	of public money;
22	22	(C) perjury;
23	23	(D) coercion of public servant or voter;
24	24	(E) tampering with governmental record;
25	25	(F) misuse of official information;
26	26	(G) conspiracy or the attempt to commit any of
27	27	the offenses described by Paragraphs (A)-(F); or
28	28	(H) abuse of official capacity.
29	29	(b) This section applies only to a person who is:
30	30	(1) a member of the elected class of the Employees
31	31	Retirement System of Texas as described by Section 812.002(a)(1) or
32	32	(2); or
33	33	(2) otherwise eligible for membership in a public
34	34	retirement system wholly or partly because the person held an
35	35	elected office.
36	36	(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a member of a
37	37	public retirement system is not eligible to receive a service
38	38	retirement annuity under the retirement system if the member is
39	39	convicted of a qualifying felony committed while in office and
40	40	arising directly from the official duties of that elected office.
41	41	(d) The retirement system shall suspend payments of an
42	42	annuity to a person ineligible to receive the annuity under
43	43	Subsection (c). A person whose conviction is overturned on appeal
44	44	or who meets the requirements for innocence under Section
45	45	103.001(a)(2), Civil Practice and Remedies Code:
46	46	(1) is entitled to receive an amount equal to the
47	47	accrued total of payments and interest earned on the payments
48	48	withheld during the suspension period; and
49	49	(2) may resume receipt of annuity payments on payment
50	50	to the retirement system of an amount equal to the contributions
51	51	refunded to the person under Subsection (e).
52	52	(e) A member who is ineligible to receive a service
53	53	retirement annuity under Subsection (c) is entitled to a refund of
54	54	the member's service retirement annuity contributions, including
55	55	interest earned on those contributions.
56	56	(f) Benefits payable to an alternate payee under Chapter 804
57	57	who is recognized by a domestic relations order established before
58	58	January 8, 2019, are not affected by a member's ineligibility to
59	59	receive a service retirement annuity under Subsection (c).
60	60	(g) On conviction of a member for a qualifying felony, a
61	61	court may, in the interest of justice and in the same manner as in a
62	62	divorce proceeding, award half of the service retirement annuity
63	63	forfeited by the member as the separate property of an innocent
64	64	spouse if the annuity is partitioned or exchanged by written
65	65	agreement of the spouses as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 4,
66	66	Family Code. The amount awarded to the innocent spouse may not be
67	67	converted to community property.
68	68	(h) Ineligibility for a service retirement annuity under
69	69	this section does not impair a person's right to any other
70	70	retirement benefit for which the person is eligible.
71	71	(i) The governing body of a public retirement system shall
72	72	adopt rules and procedures to implement this section.
73	73	SECTION 1.02. Chapter 601, Government Code, is amended by
74	74	adding Section 601.011 to read as follows:
75	75	Sec. 601.011. VACANCY ON FINAL FELONY CONVICTION OF MEMBER
76	76	OF LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR, OR STATE ELECTED OFFICIAL. A member of
77	77	the legislature, the governor, or a state elected official
78	78	convicted of a felony vacates the member's, governor's, or
79	79	official's office on the date the conviction becomes final.
80	80	ARTICLE 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
81	81	SECTION 2.01. Section 572.023, Government Code, is amended
82	82	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to
83	83	read as follows:
84	84	(b) The account of financial activity consists of:
85	85	(1) a list of all sources of occupational income,
86	86	identified by employer, or if self-employed, by the nature of the
87	87	occupation, including identification of a person or other
88	88	organization from which the individual or a business in which the
89	89	individual has a substantial interest received a fee as a retainer
90	90	for a claim on future services in case of need, as distinguished
91	91	from a fee for services on a matter specified at the time of
92	92	contracting for or receiving the fee, if professional or
93	93	occupational services are not actually performed during the
94	94	reporting period equal to or in excess of the amount of the
95	95	retainer, and the category of the amount of the fee;
96	96	(2) identification by name and the category of the
97	97	number of shares of stock of any business entity held or acquired,
98	98	and if sold, the category of the amount of net gain or loss realized
99	99	from the sale;
100	100	(3) a list of all bonds, notes, and other commercial
101	101	paper held or acquired, and if sold, the category of the amount of
102	102	net gain or loss realized from the sale;
103	103	(4) identification of each source and the category of
104	104	the amount of income in excess of $500 derived from each source from
105	105	interest, dividends, royalties, and rents;
106	106	(5) identification of each guarantor of a loan and
107	107	identification of each person or financial institution to whom a
108	108	personal note or notes or lease agreement for a total financial
109	109	liability in excess of $1,000 existed at any time during the year
110	110	and the category of the amount of the liability;
111	111	(6) identification by description of all beneficial
112	112	interests in real property and business entities held or acquired,
113	113	and if sold, the category of the amount of the net gain or loss
114	114	realized from the sale;
115	115	(7) identification of a person or other organization
116	116	from which the individual or the individual's spouse or dependent
117	117	children received a gift of anything of value in excess of $250 and
118	118	a description of each gift, except:
119	119	(A) a gift received from an individual related to
120	120	the individual at any time within the second degree by
121	121	consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B,
122	122	Chapter 573;
123	123	(B) a political contribution that was reported as
124	124	required by Chapter 254, Election Code; and
125	125	(C) an expenditure required to be reported by a
126	126	person required to be registered under Chapter 305;
127	127	(8) identification of the source and the category of
128	128	the amount of all income received as beneficiary of a trust, other
129	129	than a blind trust that complies with Subsection (c), and
130	130	identification of each trust asset, if known to the beneficiary,
131	131	from which income was received by the beneficiary in excess of $500;
132	132	(9) identification by description and the category of
133	133	the amount of all assets and liabilities of a corporation, firm,
134	134	partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership,
135	135	professional corporation, professional association, joint venture,
136	136	or other business association in which 50 percent or more of the
137	137	outstanding ownership was held, acquired, or sold;
138	138	(10) a list of all boards of directors of which the
139	139	individual is a member and executive positions that the individual
140	140	holds in corporations, firms, partnerships, limited partnerships,
141	141	limited liability partnerships, professional corporations,
142	142	professional associations, joint ventures, or other business
143	143	associations or proprietorships, stating the name of each
144	144	corporation, firm, partnership, limited partnership, limited
145	145	liability partnership, professional corporation, professional
146	146	association, joint venture, or other business association or
147	147	proprietorship and the position held;
148	148	(11) identification of any person providing
149	149	transportation, meals, or lodging expenses permitted under Section
150	150	36.07(b), Penal Code, and the amount of those expenses, other than
151	151	expenditures required to be reported under Chapter 305;
152	152	(12) any corporation, firm, partnership, limited
153	153	partnership, limited liability partnership, professional
154	154	corporation, professional association, joint venture, or other
155	155	business association, excluding a publicly held corporation, in
156	156	which both the individual and a person registered under Chapter 305
157	157	have an interest;
158	158	(13) identification by name and the category of the
159	159	number of shares of any mutual fund held or acquired, and if sold,
160	160	the category of the amount of net gain or loss realized from the
161	161	sale; [and]
162	162	(14) identification of each blind trust that complies
163	163	with Subsection (c), including:
164	164	(A) the category of the fair market value of the
165	165	trust;
166	166	(B) the date the trust was created;
167	167	(C) the name and address of the trustee; and
168	168	(D) a statement signed by the trustee, under
169	169	penalty of perjury, stating that:
170	170	(i) the trustee has not revealed any
171	171	information to the individual, except information that may be
172	172	disclosed under Subdivision (8); and
173	173	(ii) to the best of the trustee's knowledge,
174	174	the trust complies with this section;
175	175	(15) if the aggregate cost of goods or services sold
176	176	under one or more written contracts described by this subdivision
177	177	exceeds $10,000 in the year covered by the report, identification
178	178	of each written contract, including the name of each party to the
179	179	contract:
180	180	(A) for the sale of goods or services in the
181	181	amount of $2,500 or more;
182	182	(B) to which the individual, the individual's
183	183	spouse, the individual's dependent child, or any business entity of
184	184	which the individual, the individual's spouse, or the individual's
185	185	dependent child has at least a 50 percent ownership interest is a
186	186	party; and
187	187	(C) with:
188	188	(i) a governmental entity; or
189	189	(ii) a person who contracts with a
190	190	governmental entity, in accordance with the contract between the
191	191	person contracting with the governmental entity and the individual
192	192	or entity described by Paragraph (B); and
193	193	(16) if the individual is a member of the legislature
194	194	and provides bond counsel services to an issuer, as defined by
195	195	Section 1201.002(1), identification of the following for each
196	196	issuance for which the individual served as bond counsel:
197	197	(A) the amount of the issuance;
198	198	(B) the name of the issuer;
199	199	(C) the date of the issuance;
200	200	(D) the amount of fees paid to the individual,
201	201	and whether the amount is:
202	202	(i) less than $5,000;
203	203	(ii) at least $5,000 but less than $10,000;
204	204	(iii) at least $10,000 but less than
205	205	$25,000; or
206	206	(iv) $25,000 or more; and
207	207	(E) the amount of fees paid to the individual's
208	208	firm, if applicable, and whether the amount is:
209	209	(i) less than $5,000;
210	210	(ii) at least $5,000 but less than $10,000;
211	211	(iii) at least $10,000 but less than
212	212	$25,000; or
213	213	(iv) $25,000 or more.
214	214	(e) In this section, "governmental entity" means this
215	215	state, a political subdivision of the state, or an agency or
216	216	department of the state or a political subdivision of the state.
217	217	(f) Subsection (b)(15) does not require the disclosure of an
218	218	employment contract between a school district or open-enrollment
219	219	charter school and an employee of the district or school.
220	220	SECTION 2.02. Section 572.0252, Government Code, is amended
221	221	to read as follows:
222	222	Sec. 572.0252. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL REFERRALS. A state
223	223	officer who is an attorney shall report on the financial statement:
224	224	(1) making or receiving any referral for compensation
225	225	for legal services; [and]
226	226	(2) the date the referral is made or received;
227	227	(3) the style of the case referred, if applicable; and
228	228	(4) the percentage of the legal fee paid or received
229	229	that was agreed to between the parties to the referral as the
230	230	referral fee, or if the referral fee is not determined as a
231	231	percentage of the legal fee, the agreed amount of the fee paid or
232	232	received [the category of the amount of any fee accepted for making
233	233	a referral for legal services].
234	234	ARTICLE 3. REPORTING OF LOBBYIST EXPENDITURES
235	235	SECTION 3.01. Section 305.0061, Government Code, is amended
236	236	by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (h)
237	237	to read as follows:
238	238	(a) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf
239	239	and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes
240	240	expenditures that exceed 30 [60] percent of the amount of the
241	241	legislative per diem in a day for transportation or lodging for a
242	242	member of the legislative or executive branch or for the immediate
243	243	family of a member of the legislative or executive branch, the
244	244	registrant shall also state the following on the report filed under
245	245	Section 305.006:
246	246	(1) the name of the member of the legislative or
247	247	executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made;
248	248	(2) the place and date of the transportation or
249	249	lodging; and
250	250	(3) the purpose of the transportation or lodging.
251	251	(b) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf
252	252	and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes
253	253	expenditures that exceed 30 [60] percent of the amount of the
254	254	legislative per diem in a day for food and beverages for a member of
255	255	the legislative or executive branch or for the immediate family of a
256	256	member of the legislative or executive branch or makes expenditures
257	257	that exceed 30 [60] percent of the amount of the legislative per
258	258	diem in a day for entertainment for a member of the legislative or
259	259	executive branch or for the immediate family of a member of the
260	260	legislative or executive branch, the registrant shall also state
261	261	the following on the report filed under Section 305.006:
262	262	(1) the name of the member of the legislative or
263	263	executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made;
264	264	(2) the place and date of the expenditure; and
265	265	(3) the amount of the expenditure by the appropriate
266	266	category of the amount, as determined by the commission.
267	267	(c) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf
268	268	and with the registrant's consent or ratification gives to a member
269	269	of the legislative or executive branch, or to the immediate family
270	270	of a member of the legislative or executive branch, a gift or an
271	271	award or memento, the value of which exceeds $50 per gift, award, or
272	272	memento, the registrant shall also state the following on the
273	273	report filed under Section 305.006:
274	274	(1) the name of the member of the legislative or
275	275	executive branch in whose behalf the expenditure is made;
276	276	(2) a general description of the gift, award, or
277	277	memento; and
278	278	(3) the amount of the expenditure by the appropriate
279	279	category of the amount, as determined by the commission.
280	280	(h) If more than one registrant or persons acting on behalf
281	281	of more than one registrant and with each registrant's consent or
282	282	ratification collaborate to make an expenditure described by
283	283	Section 305.006(b) together, each registrant shall report the total
284	284	value of the shared expenditure as required by Subsection (a), (b),
285	285	or (c), if the total value of the shared expenditure exceeds the
286	286	amount provided under Subsection (a), (b), or (c).
287	287	SECTION 3.02. Section 305.024(a), Government Code, as
288	288	amended by Chapters 92 (S.B. 1011) and 206 (H.B. 1508), Acts of the
289	289	79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and amended
290	290	to read as follows:
291	291	(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person
292	292	registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's
293	293	behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not
294	294	offer, confer, or agree to confer:
295	295	(1) to an individual described by Section
296	296	305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5):
297	297	(A) a loan, including the guarantee or
298	298	endorsement of a loan; or
299	299	(B) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as
300	300	described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code; or
301	301	(2) to an individual described by Section
302	302	305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7):
303	303	(A) an expenditure for transportation and
304	304	lodging;
305	305	(B) an expenditure or series of expenditures for
306	306	entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
307	307	(C) an expenditure or series of expenditures for
308	308	gifts that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
309	309	(D) an expenditure for an award or memento that
310	310	exceeds $500; or
311	311	(E) an expenditure described by Section
312	312	305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless:
313	313	(i) [(A)] the registrant is present at the
314	314	event; or
315	315	(ii) [(B)] the expenditure is for a gift of
316	316	food or beverages required to be reported under Section
317	317	305.006(b)(4) in accordance with Section 305.0061(e-1).
318	318	SECTION 3.03. Section 305.024, Government Code, is amended
319	319	by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
320	320	(d) The registrant shall notify a member of the legislative
321	321	or executive branch when the registrant has reported, as to that
322	322	member of the legislative or executive branch, expenditures that,
323	323	in the aggregate, equal the monetary limits for expenditures under
324	324	Subsection (a)(2).
325	325	SECTION 3.04. Section 305.031(a), Government Code, is
326	326	amended to read as follows:
327	327	(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
328	328	or knowingly violates a provision of this chapter other than
329	329	Section 305.022, 305.024(d), or 305.028. An offense under this
330	330	subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
331	331	SECTION 3.05. Section 305.024(c), Government Code, is
332	332	repealed.
333	333	ARTICLE 4. ELECTED OFFICIALS PROHIBITED FROM LOBBYING
334	334	SECTION 4.01. Section 141.001, Election Code, is amended by
335	335	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
336	336	as follows:
337	337	(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or
338	338	appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must:
339	339	(1) be a United States citizen;
340	340	(2) be 18 years of age or older on the first day of the
341	341	term to be filled at the election or on the date of appointment, as
342	342	applicable;
343	343	(3) have not been determined by a final judgment of a
344	344	court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
345	345	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
346	346	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
347	347	right to vote;
348	348	(4) have not been finally convicted of a felony from
349	349	which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from
350	350	the resulting disabilities;
351	351	(5) have resided continuously in the state for 12
352	352	months and in the territory from which the office is elected for six
353	353	months immediately preceding the following date:
354	354	(A) for a candidate whose name is to appear on a
355	355	general primary election ballot, the date of the regular filing
356	356	deadline for a candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
357	357	(B) for an independent candidate, the date of the
358	358	regular filing deadline for a candidate's application for a place
359	359	on the ballot;
360	360	(C) for a write-in candidate, the date of the
361	361	election at which the candidate's name is written in;
362	362	(D) for a party nominee who is nominated by any
363	363	method other than by primary election, the date the nomination is
364	364	made; and
365	365	(E) for an appointee to an office, the date the
366	366	appointment is made;
367	367	(6) on the date described by Subdivision (5), be
368	368	registered to vote in the territory from which the office is
369	369	elected; [and]
370	370	(7) not be required to be registered as a lobbyist
371	371	under Chapter 305, Government Code; and
372	372	(8) satisfy any other eligibility requirements
373	373	prescribed by law for the office.
374	374	(e) Except as restricted by Section 7.103(c), Education
375	375	Code, if applicable, Subsection (a)(7) does not apply to:
376	376	(1) an office of a political subdivision with a
377	377	population of 150,000 or less, other than the office of presiding
378	378	officer of the governing body of the political subdivision,
379	379	provided that the officeholder does not receive a salary or wage for
380	380	that office; or
381	381	(2) the office of the presiding officer of the
382	382	governing body of a political subdivision with a population of
383	383	50,000 or less, provided that the presiding officer does not
384	384	receive a salary or wage for that office.
385	385	(f) For purposes of Subsection (e), a presiding officer or
386	386	other officeholder is not considered to have received a salary or
387	387	wage if the officeholder refuses to accept a salary or wage offered
388	388	or budgeted for that office.
389	389	SECTION 4.02. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code,
390	390	is amended by adding Section 305.0031 to read as follows:
391	391	Sec. 305.0031. CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICERS MAY NOT REGISTER.
392	392	(a) A member of Congress, a member of the legislature, or a holder
393	393	of a statewide office may not register under this chapter.
394	394	(b) A registration under this chapter expires on the date a
395	395	person takes office as a member of Congress, a member of the
396	396	legislature, or a holder of a statewide office.
397	397	SECTION 4.03. Chapter 601, Government Code, is amended by
398	398	adding Section 601.010 to read as follows:
399	399	Sec. 601.010. ELECTED OFFICER MAY NOT BE REGISTERED
400	400	LOBBYIST. (a) A person may not qualify for a public elective
401	401	office if the person is required to be registered as a lobbyist
402	402	under Chapter 305.
403	403	(b) Except as restricted by Section 7.103(c), Education
404	404	Code, if applicable, Subsection (a) does not apply to:
405	405	(1) an office for which the federal or state
406	406	constitution prescribes exclusive qualification requirements;
407	407	(2) an office of a political subdivision with a
408	408	population of 150,000 or less, other than the office of presiding
409	409	officer of the governing body of the political subdivision,
410	410	provided that the officeholder does not receive a salary or wage for
411	411	that office; or
412	412	(3) the office of the presiding officer of the
413	413	governing body of a political subdivision with a population of
414	414	50,000 or less, provided that the presiding officer does not
415	415	receive a salary or wage for that office.
416	416	(c) For purposes of Subsection (b), a presiding officer or
417	417	other officeholder is not considered to have received a salary or
418	418	wage if the officeholder refuses to accept a salary or wage offered
419	419	or budgeted for that office.
420	420	ARTICLE 5. CLOSING REVOLVING DOOR
421	421	SECTION 5.01. Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code,
422	422	is amended by adding Section 572.062 to read as follows:
423	423	Sec. 572.062. FORMER LEGISLATOR: LOBBYING RESTRICTED;
424	424	CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this section:
425	425	(1) "Administrative action," "communicates directly
426	426	with," "legislation," "member of the executive branch," and "member
427	427	of the legislative branch" have the meanings assigned by Section
428	428	305.002.
429	429	(2) "Legislative cycle" means the two-year period
430	430	beginning on the first day of a regular legislative session and
431	431	ending on the day before the first day of the succeeding regular
432	432	legislative session.
433	433	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a former member of
434	434	the legislature may not engage in activities that require
435	435	registration under Chapter 305 before the end of the legislative
436	436	cycle following the legislative cycle in which the former member
437	437	last served as a member of the legislature.
438	438	(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a former member of the
439	439	legislature who does not receive compensation other than
440	440	reimbursement for actual expenses for communicating directly with a
441	441	member of the legislative or executive branch to influence
442	442	legislation or administrative action.
443	443	(d) A former member of the legislature who violates this
444	444	section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a
445	445	Class A misdemeanor.
446	446	ARTICLE 6. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN USES OF CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT
447	447	SECTION 6.01. Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code,
448	448	is amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows:
449	449	Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
450	450	RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "political contribution" has the
451	451	meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
452	452	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
453	453	required to register under this chapter may not, before the second
454	454	anniversary of the date the last term for which the person was
455	455	elected ends, knowingly make or authorize an expenditure under this
456	456	chapter from political contributions accepted by the person as a
457	457	candidate or officeholder.
458	458	ARTICLE 7. TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE
459	459	SECTION 7.01. (a) Section 141.001(a), Election Code, as
460	460	amended by this Act, and Section 601.010, Government Code, as added
461	461	by this Act, apply only to the eligibility and qualification
462	462	requirements for a candidate or officer whose term of office will
463	463	begin on or after the effective date of this Act. The eligibility
464	464	and qualification requirements for a candidate or officer whose
465	465	term of office will begin before the effective date of this Act are
466	466	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
467	467	of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
468	468	purpose.
469	469	(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
470	470	305.0061, 305.024, and 305.031, Government Code, apply only to a
471	471	gift, award, or memento given to or expenditures for
472	472	transportation, lodging, food, beverages, or entertainment made
473	473	for a member of the legislative or executive branch or the immediate
474	474	family of a member of the legislative or executive branch on or
475	475	after the effective date of this Act. A gift, award, or memento
476	476	given to or an expenditure for transportation, lodging, food,
477	477	beverages, or entertainment made for a member of the legislative or
478	478	executive branch or the immediate family of a member of the
479	479	legislative or executive branch before the effective date of this
480	480	Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the gift, award, or
481	481	memento was given, or the date the expenditure for transportation,
482	482	lodging, food, beverages, or entertainment was made, and the former
483	483	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
484	484	(c) Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by this Act,
485	485	applies to a political contribution, political expenditure, or
486	486	lobbying expenditure made on or after January 8, 2019, from funds
487	487	accepted as a political contribution, regardless of the date the
488	488	funds were accepted.
489	489	(d) The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter B,
490	490	Chapter 572, Government Code, apply only to a financial statement
491	491	filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, as amended
492	492	by this Act, on or after January 8, 2019. A financial statement
493	493	filed before January 8, 2019, is governed by the law in effect on
494	494	the date of filing, and the former law is continued in effect for
495	495	that purpose.
496	496	(e) Section 572.062, Government Code, as added by this Act,
497	497	applies only to a member of the legislature who ceases to be a
498	498	member on or after the effective date of this Act.
499	499	(f) Section 810.002, Government Code, as added by this Act,
500	500	applies only to a member of a public retirement system who holds or
501	501	has held elected office and, on or after the effective date of this
502	502	Act, commits an offense that is a qualifying felony as defined by
503	503	that section. A person who commits a qualifying felony before the
504	504	effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the
505	505	date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
506	506	effect for that purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an
507	507	offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any
508	508	element of the offense occurred before that date.
509	509	SECTION 7.02. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.