87R282 BRG-D
By: Middleton H.B. No. 1704
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to filing and publishing lobbyist activity reports.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 305.007, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 305.007. FILING DATES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. (a)
The registrant must file the report required by Section 305.006 not
later than [between] the 1st [and 10th] day of each month. Subject
to Section 305.0071, the report must cover the activities occurring
during the previous month.
(b) A person who made expenditures on the registrant's
behalf that are required to be reported under Section 305.006 or a
person who has other information that is required to be reported by
the registrant under this chapter shall provide a full, verified
account of the expenditures to the registrant not later than the
[seventh day before the] date on which the registrant's report is
due.
SECTION 2. Section 305.0071(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by this section, [section:
[(1)] an expenditure is not required to be included in a
report under Section 305.006 for a month before the month in which
the amount is readily determinable by the person making the
expenditure [; and
[(2) an expenditure is not required to be included in a
report under Section 305.0063 for a calendar year before the year in
which the amount is readily determinable by the person making the
expenditure].
SECTION 3. Section 305.009, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Not later than the 15th day of each month, the
commission shall make available on its website the information
included in a report:
(1) filed under Section 305.006; and
(2) covering activities occurring in the previous
month.
SECTION 4. Section 305.0063, Government Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a report required to be filed under Section 305.006, Government
Code, on or after January 1, 2022. A report required to be filed
under Section 305.006, Government Code, before January 1, 2022, is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 6. The repeal by this Act of Section 305.0063,
Government Code, does not affect an election to file an activities
report under that section that is made before the effective date of
this Act. An election to file an activities report under former
Section 305.0063, Government Code, that is made before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the election was made, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect December 1, 2021.