85S11042 EES-D
By: Fallon H.B. No. 302
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of certain family members who are
required to register as lobbyists in personal financial statements
filed by public officers and candidates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 572.021, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. Except as
provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or
independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a
state party chair shall file with the commission a verified
financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through
572.0253 [572.0252].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 572.0253 to read as follows:
Sec. 572.0253. INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN LOBBYIST
REGISTRATIONS. An individual shall identify on the financial
statement each individual related to the individual within the
first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under
Subchapter B, Chapter 573, who is required to register as a lobbyist
under Chapter 305.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter
B, Chapter 572, Government Code, apply only to a financial
statement filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code,
as amended by this Act, on or after January 8, 2019. A financial
statement filed before January 8, 2019, is governed by the law in
effect on the date of filing, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.