H.B. No. 505

	AN ACT
	relating to restrictions on lobbyist expenditures from certain
	political contributions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows:
	Sec. 305.029.  EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
	RESTRICTED.  (a)  In this section, "political contribution,"
	"political committee," and "political expenditure" have the
	meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
	(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person
	required to register under this chapter may not, at any time
	following the date the last term for which the person was elected
	ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political contributions
	accepted by the person as a candidate or officeholder, a political
	expenditure that is a political contribution to another candidate,
	officeholder, or political committee.
	(c)  This section does not prohibit a person from making a
	political contribution or political expenditure in support of the
	person's own candidacy.
	SECTION 2.  Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by
	this Act, applies to an expenditure made on or after January 8,
	2019, from funds accepted as a political contribution, regardless
	of the date the funds were accepted.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 8, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 505 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor