Bill Text: TX HB302 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the disclosure of certain family members who are required to register as lobbyists in personal financial statements filed by public officers and candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-25 - Referred to General Investigating & Ethics [HB302 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB302-Introduced.html
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| By: Fallon | H.B. No. 302 | |
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| relating to the disclosure of certain family members who are | ||
| required to register as lobbyists in personal financial statements | ||
| filed by public officers and candidates. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 572.021, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 572.021. FINANCIAL STATEMENT REQUIRED. Except as | ||
| provided by Section 572.0211, a state officer, a partisan or | ||
| independent candidate for an office as an elected officer, and a | ||
| state party chair shall file with the commission a verified | ||
| financial statement complying with Sections 572.022 through | ||
| 572.0253 [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 572.0253 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 572.0253. INFORMATION ABOUT CERTAIN LOBBYIST | ||
| REGISTRATIONS. An individual shall identify on the financial | ||
| statement each individual related to the individual within the | ||
| first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under | ||
| Subchapter B, Chapter 573, who is required to register as a lobbyist | ||
| under Chapter 305. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter | ||
| B, Chapter 572, Government Code, apply only to a financial | ||
| statement filed under Subchapter B, Chapter 572, Government Code, | ||
| as amended by this Act, on or after January 8, 2019. A financial | ||
| statement filed before January 8, 2019, is governed by the law in | ||
| effect on the date of filing, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 8, 2019. | ||
