85R5744 EES-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 464
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability on the Internet of certain
registrations and reports filed by lobbyists.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 305.0091 to read as follows:
Sec. 305.0091. AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS ON
INTERNET. (a) The commission shall make available to the public on
the commission's Internet website each registration or report filed
with the commission under this chapter.
(b) Except as provided by Section 305.009(e), the
commission shall make a registration or report available on the
commission's Internet website not later than the 10th business day
after the date the registration or report is filed.
(c) The commission shall remove the home address of an
individual from a registration or report before posting the
registration or report on the commission's Internet website.
(d) The commission may not remove a registration or report
from the commission's Internet website before the fifth anniversary
of the date the commission makes the registration or report
available on the commission's Internet website.
SECTION 2. Section 305.0091, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a registration, registration renewal,
amended registration statement, or report required to be filed
under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after the effective date
of this Act. A registration, registration renewal, amended
registration statement, or report required to be filed under
Chapter 305, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the registration,
registration renewal, amended registration statement, or report is
due, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.