| 1 | | - | By: Geren, Howard, Button H.B. No. 505 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; |
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| 4 | | - | May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 5 | | - | Affairs; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | | - | Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 505 |
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| 11 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 5 | | relating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain |
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| 13 | 6 | | political contributions. |
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| 14 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is |
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| 16 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 10 | | Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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| 18 | 11 | | RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "political contribution," |
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| 19 | 12 | | "political committee," and "political expenditure" have the |
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| 20 | 13 | | meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code. |
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| 21 | 14 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person |
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| 22 | 15 | | required to register under this chapter may not, at any time |
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| 23 | 16 | | following the date the last term for which the person was elected |
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| 24 | 17 | | ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political contributions |
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| 25 | 18 | | accepted by the person as a candidate or officeholder, a political |
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| 26 | 19 | | expenditure that is a political contribution to another candidate, |
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| 27 | 20 | | officeholder, or political committee. |
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| 28 | 21 | | (c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a |
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| 29 | 22 | | political contribution or political expenditure in support of the |
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| 30 | 23 | | person's own candidacy. |
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| 31 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by |
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| 32 | 25 | | this Act, applies to an expenditure made on or after January 8, |
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| 33 | 26 | | 2019, from funds accepted as a political contribution, regardless |
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| 34 | 27 | | of the date the funds were accepted. |
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| 35 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019. |
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| 29 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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| 32 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 33 | + | voting. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 36 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 37 | + | 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 41 | + | Date |
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| 42 | + | _____________________ |
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| 43 | + | Governor |
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