Bill Text: TX HB163 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to State Affairs [HB163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB163-Introduced.html
| 88R2355 CJD-D | ||
| By: Spiller | H.B. No. 163 | |
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| relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration | ||
| requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political | ||
| subdivision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 305.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-5) This section does not require a person to register if | ||
| the person has established an attorney-client relationship with a | ||
| political subdivision to provide legal services and receives or is | ||
| entitled to receive compensation, reimbursement, or expenses under | ||
| an agreement under which the person is retained or employed by the | ||
| political subdivision. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
