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| 1 | - | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 504 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2017; January 30, 2017, | |
| 3 | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | |
| 4 | - | February 2, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; February 2, 2017, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 1 | + | 85R30796 EES-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Taylor of Collin, et al. S.B. No. 504 | |
| 3 | + | (Geren) | |
| 4 | + | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 504: No. | |
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| 9 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 9 | relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating | |
| 12 | 10 | an offense. | |
| 13 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code, is | |
| 15 | 13 | amended by adding Section 572.062 to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 14 | Sec. 572.062. FORMER LEGISLATOR: LOBBYING RESTRICTED; | |
| 17 | - | CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this section: | |
| 18 | - | (1) "Administrative action," "communicates directly | |
| 19 | - | with," "legislation," "member of the executive branch," and "member | |
| 20 | - | of the legislative branch" have the meanings assigned by Section | |
| 21 | - | 305.002. | |
| 22 | - | (2) "Legislative cycle" means the two-year period | |
| 23 | - | beginning on the first day of a regular legislative session and | |
| 24 | - | ending on the day before the first day of the succeeding regular | |
| 25 | - | legislative session. | |
| 15 | + | CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) In this section, "administrative action," | |
| 16 | + | "communicates directly with," "legislation," "member of the | |
| 17 | + | executive branch," and "member of the legislative branch" have the | |
| 18 | + | meanings assigned by Section 305.002. | |
| 26 | 19 | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a former member of | |
| 27 | 20 | the legislature may not engage in activities that require | |
| 28 | - | registration under Chapter 305 before the | |
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| 30 | - | | |
| 21 | + | registration under Chapter 305 before the first anniversary of the | |
| 22 | + | first day of the first regular legislative session to convene after | |
| 23 | + | the person ceases to be a member. | |
| 31 | 24 | (c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a former member who | |
| 32 | 25 | does not receive compensation other than reimbursement for actual | |
| 33 | 26 | expenses for communicating directly with a member of the | |
| 34 | 27 | legislative or executive branch to influence legislation or | |
| 35 | 28 | administrative action. | |
| 36 | 29 | (d) A former member who violates this section commits an | |
| 37 | - | offense. An offense under this section is a Class | |
| 30 | + | offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | |
| 38 | 31 | SECTION 2. Section 572.062, Government Code, as added by | |
| 39 | 32 | this Act, applies only to a member of the legislature who ceases to | |
| 40 | 33 | be a member after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 41 | 34 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019. | |
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