85R4503 EES-D     By: Goldman H.B. No. 1085       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain prohibitions on contributions and expenditures   from political funds by a lobbyist; creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 253.006 to read as follows:          Sec. 253.006.  CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY   LOBBYISTS PROHIBITED.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of   law, a person required to register under Chapter 305, Government   Code, may not knowingly make or authorize a political contribution   or political expenditure from political contributions accepted by   the person as a candidate or officeholder.          (b)  A person who violates this section commits an offense.     An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 305, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 305.029 to read as follows:          Sec. 305.029.  EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS   PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "political contribution" has the   meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person   required to register under this chapter may not knowingly make or   authorize an expenditure under this chapter from political   contributions accepted by the person as a candidate or   officeholder.          SECTION 3.  Section 253.006, Election Code, as added by this   Act, and Section 305.029, Government Code, as added by this Act,   apply to a political contribution, political expenditure, or   lobbying expenditure made on or after January 6, 2019, from funds   accepted as a political contribution, regardless of the date the   funds were accepted.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.