Bill Text: TX SB216 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain registrations and reports filed by lobbyists.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB216-Introduced.html
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By: Eckhardt | S.B. No. 216 |
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relating to the availability on the Internet of certain | ||
registrations and reports filed by lobbyists. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 305, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 305.0091 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 305.0091. AVAILABILITY OF REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS ON | ||
INTERNET. (a) The commission shall make available to the public on | ||
the commission's Internet website each registration or report filed | ||
with the commission under this chapter. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Section 305.009(e), the | ||
commission shall make a registration or report available on the | ||
commission's Internet website not later than the 10th business day | ||
after the date the registration or report is filed. | ||
(c) The commission must remove the home address of an | ||
individual from a registration or report before posting the | ||
registration or report on the commission's Internet website. | ||
(d) The commission may not remove a registration or report | ||
from the commission's Internet website before the fifth anniversary | ||
of the date the commission makes the registration or report | ||
available on the website. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 305.0091, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a registration, registration renewal, | ||
amended registration statement, or report required to be filed | ||
under Chapter 305, Government Code, on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A registration, registration renewal, amended | ||
registration statement, or report required to be filed under | ||
Chapter 305, Government Code, before the effective date of this Act | ||
is governed by the law in effect on the date the registration, | ||
registration renewal, amended registration statement, or report is | ||
due, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |