83R1119 ATP-D
	By: Davis	S.B. No. 932

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to ethics and accountability of certain public employees,
	public officers, political contributors, state contractors, and
	grant recipients; providing penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 253,
	Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER D. CORPORATIONS, [AND] LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND CERTAIN
	OTHER PERSONS
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 253.105 and 253.106 to read as follows:
	Sec. 253.105.  CONTRIBUTION BY STATE CONTRACTOR. (a) This
	section applies to an individual who submits a competitive bid or
	proposal for a contract with a state agency as:
	(1)  an individual;
	(2)  a partner or owner of a privately held business; or
	(3)  a board member or executive officer of a business.
	(b)  An individual described by Subsection (a) may not make a
	political contribution to a candidate for a statewide office,
	statewide officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for
	supporting or opposing a candidate for statewide office or
	assisting a statewide officeholder during the period:
	(1)  beginning on the date the bid or proposal is
	submitted; and
	(2)  ending on:
	(A)  the date the contract is awarded to another
	person; or
	(B)  if the individual or the individual's
	business is awarded the contract, the 30th day after the date the
	contract is awarded.
	Sec. 253.106.  CONTRIBUTION BY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED OR
	ADMINISTERED BY STATE CONTRACTOR. (a) This section applies to a
	corporation that submits a competitive bid or proposal for a
	contract with a state agency.
	(b)  A general-purpose committee established or administered
	by a corporation described by Subsection (a) may not make a
	political contribution to a candidate for a statewide office,
	statewide officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for
	supporting or opposing a candidate for statewide office or
	assisting a statewide officeholder during the period:
	(1)  beginning on the date the bid or proposal is
	submitted; and
	(2)  ending on:
	(A)  the date the contract is awarded to another
	person; or
	(B)  if the corporation is awarded the contract,
	the 30th day after the date the contract is awarded.
	SECTION 3.  Chapter 253, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Subchapter G to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER G. APPOINTED OFFICERS
	Sec. 253.201.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
	(1)  "Appointed officer" means:
	(A)  the secretary of state;
	(B)  an individual appointed with the advice and
	consent of the senate to the governing board of a state-supported
	institution of higher education; or
	(C)  an officer of a state agency who is appointed
	for a term of office specified by the Texas Constitution or a
	statute of this state.
	(2)  "Election cycle" means the period beginning on
	January 1 of an odd-numbered year and ending on December 31 of the
	following even-numbered year.
	Sec. 253.202.  CONTRIBUTION LIMIT. (a) An appointed officer
	may not knowingly make or authorize political contributions that in
	the aggregate exceed $10,000 in an election cycle.
	(b)  A contribution by the spouse of an appointed officer is
	considered to be a contribution by the officer.
	Sec. 253.203.  CERTAIN DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
	CONSIDERED CONTRIBUTION TO CANDIDATE. For purposes of Section
	253.202, a direct campaign expenditure is considered to be a
	campaign contribution to a candidate if it is made with the
	cooperation or prior consent of, in consultation with, or at the
	suggestion of:
	(1)  the candidate;
	(2)  a specific-purpose committee for supporting the
	candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent; or
	(3)  a person acting with the candidate's knowledge and
	consent.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter F, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 401.106 and 401.107 to read as follows:
	Sec. 401.106.  MANDATORY RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE. The
	records retention schedule adopted by the office of the governor in
	compliance with Section 441.185 must:
	(1)  apply to all offices within the office of the
	governor and all trusteed programs within the office of the
	governor; and
	(2)  provide that all records must be retained for at
	least 30 days after the record is created or altered.
	Sec. 401.107.  REPORT OF FUNDING. (a) The governor shall
	post on the office of the governor's Internet website information
	relating to each fund administered by the office of the governor,
	including by any office within the office of the governor and as any
	trusteed program within the office of the governor.
	(b)  Information posted under this section must include:
	(1)  the amount of any disbursement or grant from the
	fund;
	(2)  to whom any disbursements or grants from the fund
	were made; and
	(3)  the purpose of the disbursement or grant.
	(c)  The information must be updated at least quarterly.
	SECTION 5.  Section 481.078, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
	(n)  Not later than January 1 of each year, the governor
	shall submit to the legislature and post on the office of the
	governor's Internet website a report that includes the following
	information regarding the fund for the preceding three state fiscal
	years:
	(1)  the total number and amount of grants made from the
	fund; and
	(2)  the name of each grant recipient and the amount of
	the grant awarded to the recipient.
	SECTION 6.  Section 572.002, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subdivision (5-a) to read as follows:
	(5-a)  "Member of the governor's executive staff" means
	a person employed by the governor acting in the governor's official
	capacity whose regular job duties include:
	(A)  formulating policy or testifying before and
	meeting with members of the legislature; or
	(B)  supervising other employees in the
	governor's office whose regular job duties include those described
	by Paragraph (A).
	SECTION 7.  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, a member
	of the governor's executive staff, and a state party chair shall
	file with the commission a verified financial statement complying
	with Sections 572.022 through 572.0252.
	SECTION 8.  The heading to Section 572.026, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 572.026.  FILING DATES FOR STATE OFFICERS, GOVERNOR'S
	EXECUTIVE STAFF, AND STATE PARTY CHAIRS.
	SECTION 9.  Section 572.026, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  Not later than April 30 each year, a state officer, a
	member of the governor's executive staff, or a state party chair
	shall file the financial statement as required by this subchapter.
	(e)  An individual who is employed as a member of the
	governor's executive staff shall file a financial statement not
	later than the 45th day after the date the individual assumes the
	duties of the position. The governor or representative of the
	governor shall immediately notify the commission of the employment
	of a member of the governor's executive staff.
	SECTION 10.  The heading to Section 572.054, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 572.054.  REPRESENTATION BY FORMER OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE
	OF GOVERNOR OR REGULATORY AGENCY RESTRICTED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
	SECTION 11.  Section 572.054, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  A member of the governor's executive staff who ceases
	employment with the governor may not make any communication to or
	appearance before the governor or a member of the governor's
	executive staff, if the communication or appearance is made with
	the intent to influence and on behalf of any person in connection
	with any matter on which the person seeks official action, before
	the second anniversary of the date the employment ceased.
	(b-2)  A member of the governor's executive staff who before
	employment with the governor represented a person or received
	compensation for services rendered on behalf of a person on a
	particular matter may not be involved with the particular matter as
	a member of the governor's executive staff before the second
	anniversary of the date the member begins employment with the
	governor.
	SECTION 12.  Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 572.062 to read as follows:
	Sec. 572.062.  SOLICITATION OF OR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
	POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) In this section, "political
	contribution" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election
	Code.
	(b)  An appointed officer of a regulatory agency may not, on
	behalf of the officer or another person, solicit a political
	contribution from or recommend the making of a political
	contribution by a person regulated by the regulatory agency.
	SECTION 13.  (a) Sections 253.105 and 253.106, Election
	Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a competitive bid or
	proposal for a contract with a state agency for which notice is
	given on or after September 1, 2013. A bid or proposal for a
	contract for which notice is given before September 1, 2013, is
	governed by the law in effect when the notice was given, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	(b)  Subchapter G, Chapter 253, Election Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a political contribution or direct
	campaign expenditure made on or after September 1, 2013. A
	political contribution or direct campaign expenditure made before
	September 1, 2013, is governed by the law in effect at the time the
	contribution or expenditure was made and is not aggregated with
	political contributions or direct campaign expenditures made on or
	after that date.
	(c)  The changes in law made by this Act to Subchapter B,
	Chapter 572, Government Code, requiring a member of the governor's
	executive staff to file a personal financial statement apply
	beginning January 1, 2014. A member of the governor's executive
	staff is not required to include financial activity occurring
	before January 1, 2014, in a personal financial statement under
	that subchapter. A member of the governor's executive staff shall
	file the first personal financial statement as required by this Act
	on or before April 30, 2015.
	(d)  Section 572.054(b-1), Government Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a member of the governor's executive staff who
	ceases employment with the governor on or after September 1, 2013.
	A member of the governor's executive staff who ceases employment
	with the governor before September 1, 2013, is governed by the law
	in effect when the member ceased employment, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	(e)  Section 572.054(b-2), Government Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a member of the governor's executive staff who
	begins employment with the governor on or after September 1, 2013.
	A member of the governor's executive staff who begins employment
	with the governor before September 1, 2013, is governed by the law
	in effect when the member began employment, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 14.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.