Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 305.004. EXCEPTIONS. The following persons are not required to register under this chapter: (1) a person who owns, publishes, or is employed by a newspaper, any other regularly published periodical, a radio station, a television station, a wire service, or any other bona fid…

Sec. 305.0041. EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH COMPENSATION OR REIMBURSEMENT IS RECEIVED. (a) A person is not required to register under this chapter in accordance with Section 305.003(a)(2) solely because the person receives or is entitled to receive compensation or …

Sec. 305.005. REGISTRATION. (a) Each person required to register under this chapter shall file a written registration with the commission and shall submit a registration fee. (b) A registration filed under this chapter expires at midnight, December 31, of each year unless the reg…

Sec. 305.0051. LISTING OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the commission by rule may require an officer or employee of a political subdivision or other governmental entity created under the Texas Constitution or laws of this state who comm…

Sec. 305.006. ACTIVITIES REPORT. (a) Each registrant shall file with the commission a written, verified report concerning the activities described by this section. (b) The report must contain the total expenditures under a category listed in this subsection that the registrant ma…

Sec. 305.0061. DETAILED REPORTS. (a) If a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification makes expenditures that exceed 60 percent of the amount of the legislative per diem in a day for transportation or lodging for a member of…

Sec. 305.0062. EXPENDITURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO GROUPS. (a) The report filed under Section 305.006 must also contain the total expenditures described by Section 305.006(b) that are directly attributable to members of the legislative or executive branch. The expenditures must be state…

Sec. 305.0063. MODIFIED REPORTING. (a) A person required to register under this chapter may, when filing the registration form or registration renewal form, elect to file an activities report under this section instead of Section 305.006 if the person does not intend to make expe…

Sec. 305.0064. ELECTRONIC FILING OF REGISTRATIONS AND ACTIVITY REPORTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each registration filed under Section 305.005 and each report filed under Section 305.006 must be filed by computer diskette, modem, or other means of electronic tran…

Sec. 305.0065. AMENDED REGISTRATION DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. (a) This section applies only during the period beginning on the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing through the date of final adjournment. (b) A registrant shall file with the commission an am…

Sec. 305.007. FILING DATES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. (a) The registrant must file the report required by Section 305.006 between the 1st and 10th day of each month. Subject to Section 305.0071, the report must cover the activities occurring during the previous month. (b) A person…

Sec. 305.0071. INCLUSION OF EXPENDITURE IN REPORT. (a) Except as provided by this section: (1) an expenditure is not required to be included in a report under Section 305.006 for a month before the month in which the amount is readily determinable by the person making the expendi…

Sec. 305.008. TERMINATION NOTICE. (a) A person who ceases to engage in activities requiring registration under this chapter shall file a written, verified statement with the commission acknowledging the termination of activities. The notice is effective immediately. (b) A person …

Sec. 305.009. MAINTENANCE OF REPORTS. (a) All reports filed under this chapter are public records and shall be made available for public inspection during regular business hours. (b) The commission shall: (1) design and provide appropriate forms, covering only the items required …

Sec. 305.010. TIMELINESS OF FILING REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS. (a) A registration or report filed by first-class United States mail or by common or contract carrier is timely if: (1) it is properly addressed with postage or handling charges prepaid; and (2) it bears a post office …

Sec. 305.011. LIST OF REGISTRANTS AND EMPLOYERS. (a) Not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall prepare a list of the names of registrants and shall indicate by each registrant's name each employer or concern employing the registrant. (b) In additio…

Sec. 305.021. FALSE COMMUNICATIONS. A person, for the purpose of influencing legislation or administrative action, may not: (1) knowingly or wilfully make a false statement or misrepresentation of the facts to a member of the legislative or executive branch; or (2) cause a copy o…

Sec. 305.022. CONTINGENT FEES. (a) A person may not retain or employ another person to influence legislation or administrative action for compensation that is totally or partially contingent on the passage or defeat of any legislation, the governor's approval or veto of any legis…

Sec. 305.023. ADMISSION TO FLOORS. A person who is registered or required to be registered under this chapter may not go on the floor of either house of the legislature while that house is in session unless invited by that house. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. …

Sec. 305.024. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPENDITURES. Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., R.S., Ch. 92 (S.B. 1011), Sec. 2 (a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant'…

Sec. 305.025. EXCEPTIONS. Section 305.024 does not prohibit: (1) a loan in the due course of business from a corporation or other business entity that is legally engaged in the business of lending money and that has conducted that business continuously for more than one year befo…

Sec. 305.026. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FUNDS. (a) Public funds available to a political subdivision may not be used to compensate or reimburse the expenses over $50 of any person for the purpose of communicating directly with a member of the legislative branch to infl…

Sec. 305.027. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly enters into a contract or other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast legislative advertising that does not indicate in the advertising: (1) that it is legisl…

Sec. 305.028. PROHIBITED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) In this section: (1) "Client" means a person or entity for which the registrant is registered or is required to be registered. (2) "Matter" means the subject matters for which a registrant has been reimbursed, retained, or emplo…

Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS RESTRICTED. (a) In this section, "candidate," "political contribution," "political committee," "political expenditure," and "specific-purpose committee" have the meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code. (b) A reg…

Sec. 305.030. COMPENSATION FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY AND RELATED PERSONS PROHIBITED; CIVIL ENFORCEMENT. (a) In this section: (1) "Control" means the direct or indirect power to determine, direct, dictate, or decide important matters affecting an entity, including through: (A) the ow…

Sec. 305.031. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly violates a provision of this chapter other than Section 305.022 or 305.028. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A person commits an offense if the…

Sec. 305.032. CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER. In addition to the criminal penalties prescribed by Section 305.031, a person who receives compensation or reimbursement or makes an expenditure for engaging in direct communication to influence legislation or administrative ac…

Sec. 305.033. CIVIL PENALTY FOR LATE FILING. (a) The commission shall determine from any available evidence whether a registration or report required to be filed with the commission under this chapter is late. A registration filed without the fee required by Section 305.005 is co…

Sec. 305.034. FAILURE TO FILE ALL REQUIRED FORMS. (a) The commission shall determine whether all persons registered under this chapter have filed all required forms, statements, and reports. (b) Whenever the commission determines that a person has failed to file any required form…

Sec. 305.035. ENFORCEMENT. (a) The commission, the attorney general, or any county or district attorney may enforce this chapter. (b) On the application of any citizen of this state, a district court in Travis County may issue an injunction to enforce this chapter. (c) A person m…

Sec. 305.036. VENUE. An offense under this chapter, including perjury, may be prosecuted in Travis County or in any other county in which it may be prosecuted under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1965. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.