85R18758 ATP-D
By: Geren, Howard H.B. No. 505
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 505:
By: Davis of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 505
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain
political contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows:
Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "political contribution,"
"political committee," and "political expenditure" have the
meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
required to register under this chapter may not, before the second
anniversary of the date the last term for which the person was
elected ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political
contributions accepted by the person as a candidate or
officeholder, a political expenditure that is a political
contribution to a candidate, officeholder, or political committee.
SECTION 2. Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies to an expenditure made on or after January 8,
2019, from funds accepted as a political contribution, regardless
of the date the funds were accepted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.