H.B. No. 505
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, at any time
following 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 another candidate,
officeholder, or political committee.
(c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a
political contribution or political expenditure in support of the
person's own candidacy.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the House on May 3,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor