Tex. Gov't Code § 305.0062 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; REGISTRATION
EXPENDITURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO GROUPS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 stated in only one of the following categories:
(1) state senators;
(2) state representatives;
(3) elected or appointed state officers, other than those described by Subdivision (1) or (2);
(4) legislative agency employees;
(5) executive agency employees;
(6) the immediate family of a member of the legislative or executive branch;
(7) guests, when invited by an individual described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5); and
(8) events to which all legislators are invited.
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), an expenditure is directly attributable to the person who consumed the food or beverage, to the person for whom admission, transportation, or lodging expenses were paid, or to the person to whom the gift, award, or memento was given.
(c) All expenditures made by a registrant or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification that benefit members of the immediate family of members of the legislative or executive branch shall be aggregated and reported under Subsection (a)(6).
(d) If a registrant cannot reasonably determine the amount of an expenditure under Section 305.006(b) that is directly attributable to a member of the legislative or executive branch as required by Subsection (a), the registrant shall apportion the expenditure made by that registrant or by others on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification according to the total number of persons in attendance. However, if an expenditure is for an event to which all legislators are invited, the registrant shall report the expenditure under Subsection (a)(8) and not under any other subdivision of that subsection or any other provision of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 2.08, eff. Jan. 1, 1992. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 92 (S.B. 1011), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 7.003, eff. September 1, 2007.
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