| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to permitting the Texas Ethics Commission to provide |
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| 6 | 8 | | seminars and charge an attendance fee for those seminars. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 571.071, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 11 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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| 10 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (c) The commission may provide a seminar for persons |
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| 12 | 14 | | required to register under Chapter 305 that addresses issues |
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| 13 | 15 | | involving lobbying, political contributions and expenditures, and |
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| 14 | 16 | | other issues as determined by the commission. The commission may |
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| 15 | 17 | | charge a fee for attending the seminar in an amount necessary to |
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| 16 | 18 | | cover the costs associated with the seminar, including the cost of |
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| 17 | 19 | | providing food or nonalcoholic beverages to attendees. |
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| 18 | 20 | | (d) The commission may provide a seminar that addresses the |
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| 19 | 21 | | laws administered and enforced by the commission and any other |
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| 20 | 22 | | relevant laws, as determined by the commission. The commission may |
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| 21 | 23 | | charge a fee for attending the seminar in an amount necessary to |
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| 22 | 24 | | cover the costs associated with the seminar, including the cost of |
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| 23 | 25 | | providing food or nonalcoholic beverages to attendees. |
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| 24 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 29 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the Senate on |
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| 32 | | - | April 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 62 passed the House on |
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| 36 | | - | May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 30, one |
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| 37 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | | - | Approved: |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Date |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Governor |
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