| 1 | 1 | | 86R3747 BRG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 2284 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the representation of an individual or legal entity by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | member of the legislature for compensation before a state agency. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 572.025, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 572.025. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGISLATORS' |
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| 13 | 13 | | REPRESENTATION BEFORE EXECUTIVE STATE AGENCIES. A member of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | legislature who represents another individual, business entity, |
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| 15 | 15 | | state agency, government, governmental subdivision, special |
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| 16 | 16 | | district, or other legal entity [person] for compensation before an |
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| 17 | 17 | | executive state agency shall report on the financial statement: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the name of the agency; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) the individual, business entity, state agency, |
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| 20 | 20 | | government, governmental subdivision, special district, or other |
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| 21 | 21 | | legal entity [person] represented by the member; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the category of the amount of compensation |
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| 23 | 23 | | received by the member for that representation. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 572.052(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 25 | 25 | | to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) A member of the legislature may not, for compensation, |
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| 27 | 27 | | represent another individual, business entity, state agency, |
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| 28 | 28 | | government, governmental subdivision, special district, or other |
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| 29 | 29 | | legal entity [person] before a state agency in the executive branch |
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| 30 | 30 | | of state government unless the representation: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) is pursuant to an attorney-client relationship in |
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| 32 | 32 | | a criminal law matter; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) involves the filing of documents that involve only |
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| 34 | 34 | | ministerial acts on the part of the commission, agency, board, |
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| 35 | 35 | | department, or officer. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 572.025, Government Code, apply only to a financial statement due |
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| 38 | 38 | | on or after the effective date of this Act. A financial statement |
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| 39 | 39 | | due before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 40 | 40 | | effect on the date the financial statement was due, and the former |
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| 41 | 41 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 43 | 43 | | 572.052, Government Code, applies only to an offense committed on |
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| 44 | 44 | | or after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this |
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| 45 | 45 | | section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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| 49 | 49 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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