85R15106 ATP-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 3816
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who make
certain political contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 305.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A person must register with the commission under this
chapter if the person makes political contributions, as defined by
Section 251.001, Election Code, to a candidate in the preceding
calendar year that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. For purposes of
this chapter, the candidate to whom the person made contributions
is considered to be the member of the executive or legislative
branch with whom the person communicated, and the matters that must
be disclosed are any matters about which the person communicates
with the candidate. This subsection does not apply to a political
committee that files reports under Chapter 254, Election Code. The
commission shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
SECTION 2. For purposes of Section 305.003(d), Government
Code, as added by this Act, political contributions made before the
effective date of this Act are not aggregated with political
contributions made on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.