Bill Text: TX HB811 | 2025-2026 | 89th 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 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB811 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB811-Introduced.html
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By: Spiller | H.B. No. 811 |
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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, 2025. |