88R6684 MPF-D     By: Middleton S.B. No. 1066       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the filing and publishing of lobbyist activity reports.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 305.006, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:          (h)  The report must also contain a list of all legislation   for which the registrant communicated directly with a member of the   legislative branch to influence the member's position on the   legislation or for which the registrant submitted a sworn statement   to a committee of the legislature during the preceding month.          SECTION 2.  Section 305.007, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 305.007.  FILING DATES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. (a)   The registrant must file the report required by Section 305.006 not   later than [between] the first [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 who made expenditures on the registrant's   behalf that are required to be reported under Section 305.006 or a   person who has other information that is required to be reported by   the registrant under this chapter shall provide a full, verified   account of the expenditures to the registrant not later than the   [seventh day before the] date on which the registrant's report is   due.          SECTION 3.  Section 305.0071(a), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (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   expenditure [; and                [(2) an expenditure is not required to be included in a   report under Section 305.0063 for a calendar year before the year in   which the amount is readily determinable by the person making the   expenditure].          SECTION 4.  Section 305.009, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  Not later than the 15th day of each month, the   commission shall make available on the commission's Internet   website the information included in a report:                (1)  filed under Section 305.006; and                (2)  covering activities occurring in the previous   month.          SECTION 5.  Section 305.0063, Government Code, is repealed.          SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a report required to be filed under Section 305.006, Government   Code, on or after January 1, 2024.  A report required to be filed   under Section 305.006, Government Code, before January 1, 2024, is   governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date   of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 7.  The repeal by this Act of Section 305.0063,   Government Code, does not affect an election to file an activities   report under that section that is made before the effective date of   this Act.  An election to file an activities report under former   Section 305.0063, Government Code, that is made before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the election was made, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2023.