86R16824 ATP-D
By: Shaheen, Metcalf, Button, Bohac, Miller H.B. No. 433
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 433:
By: Holland C.S.H.B. No. 433
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of public money spent by certain
political subdivisions for lobbying activities in a comprehensive
annual financial report.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 140.012. DISCLOSURE IN FINANCIAL REPORT OF AMOUNTS
SPENT ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. (a) This section applies only to:
(1) a political subdivision that imposes a tax; or
(2) a regional mobility authority, toll road
authority, or transit authority.
(b) A political subdivision or authority that uses any
public money to influence or attempt to influence the outcome of any
legislation pending before the legislature must disclose on any
comprehensive annual financial report required to be prepared by
the political subdivision or authority the total amount spent
during the fiscal year to compensate persons required to register
as a lobbyist under Chapter 305, Government Code, to influence the
outcome of legislation.
(c) Subsection (b) does not require a political subdivision
or authority to prepare a separate comprehensive annual financial
report for the disclosures under that subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 140.012, Local Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a fiscal year of an entity required to
file a report that begins on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.