TITLE: Relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly.

SUMMARY: Relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to lobbying expenditures that are made jointly. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 305.0021(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) For purposes of Section 36.02 or 36.10, Penal Code, a person described by Subsection (a)(2)(A) is not considered to have made an expenditure [the amount of a joint expenditure that is attributed to a person who is not a registrant is not an expenditure made and reported] in accordance with this chapter. SECTION 2. The amendment made by this Act to Section 305.0021(b), Government Code, is intended to clarify rather than change existing law. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.