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| 1 | - | By: Taylor of Collin, Burton S.B. No. 1812 | |
| 1 | + | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1812 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read | |
| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | |
| 4 | + | April 25, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | |
| 5 | + | Nays 2; April 25, 2017, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 4 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 11 | relating to the authority of an appraisal district to use public | |
| 7 | 12 | money for lobbying activity. | |
| 8 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 305.026, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 15 | adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 16 | (c-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | |
| 12 | 17 | an appraisal district may not use public money to directly or | |
| 13 | 18 | indirectly influence or attempt to influence the passage or defeat | |
| 14 | 19 | of any legislation pending before the legislature. This subsection | |
| 15 | 20 | does not prevent an appraisal district employee from providing | |
| 16 | 21 | information for a member of the legislature or appearing before a | |
| 17 | 22 | legislative committee at the request of the committee or the member | |
| 18 | 23 | of the legislature. | |
| 19 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
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