Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Legislative Branch
Subtitle A - Legislature

Section 301.029. Appropriations for Salaries, per Diem, and Expenditures - Sec. 301.029. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SALARIES, PER DIEM, AND EXPENDITURES. (a)...

Section 301.031. Committee Staff - Sec. 301.031. COMMITTEE STAFF. From its contingent expense fund, each...

Section 301.032. Gifts and Grants - Sec. 301.032. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) Either house of the...

Section 301.033. Allocation of Space in Legislative Services Building - Sec. 301.033. ALLOCATION OF SPACE IN LEGISLATIVE SERVICES BUILDING. (a)...

Section 301.034. Termination of Membership on Interim Committee - Sec. 301.034. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP ON INTERIM COMMITTEE. (a) A...

Section 301.035. Joint Interim Committee per Diem and Travel Expenses - Sec. 301.035. JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE PER DIEM AND TRAVEL EXPENSES....

Subchapter C. Legislative Officers and Employees

Section 301.041. Communications With Parliamentarians - Sec. 301.041. COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS. (a) Communications, including conversations, correspondence,...

Section 301.042. Communications With Engrossing and Enrolling Department - Sec. 301.042. COMMUNICATIONS WITH ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING DEPARTMENT. (a) In...

Section 301.043. Engrossing and Enrolling Department Records of Drafting and Other Requests - Sec. 301.043. ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF DRAFTING AND...

Subchapter D. Legislative Publications

Section 301.051. Issuance of Publications - Sec. 301.051. ISSUANCE OF PUBLICATIONS. Either house of the legislature...

Section 301.052. Distribution of Journals - Sec. 301.052. DISTRIBUTION OF JOURNALS. (a) The lieutenant governor and...

Subchapter E. Legal Representation of Legislature

Section 301.061. Legal Representation of Legislature - Sec. 301.061. LEGAL REPRESENTATION OF LEGISLATURE. (a) Subject to the...

Subchapter F. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 301.071. Sale of Texas Flags and Similar Items - Sec. 301.071. SALE OF TEXAS FLAGS AND SIMILAR ITEMS. Either...

Section 301.072. State Buildings Occupied by Legislative Offices and Agencies - Sec. 301.072. STATE BUILDINGS OCCUPIED BY LEGISLATIVE OFFICES AND AGENCIES....

Chapter 302 - Speaker of the House of Representatives

Subchapter A. Election of Speaker

Section 302.001. Election - Sec. 302.001. ELECTION. When the house of representatives first convenes...

Subchapter B. Candidate for Speaker: Campaign Finance

Section 302.011. Definitions - Sec. 302.011. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Speaker candidate" means...

Section 302.012. Records - Sec. 302.012. RECORDS. (a) Each speaker candidate shall keep records...

Section 302.0121. Declaration of Speaker Candidacy - Sec. 302.0121. DECLARATION OF SPEAKER CANDIDACY. (a) Each speaker candidate...

Section 302.013. Filing of Statement of Contributions, Loans, and Expenditures - Sec. 302.013. FILING OF STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS, LOANS, AND EXPENDITURES....

Section 302.014. Contents of Statement - Sec. 302.014. CONTENTS OF STATEMENT. Each statement must list the...

Section 302.015. Requisites of Filing - Sec. 302.015. REQUISITES OF FILING. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 302.016. Public Records - Sec. 302.016. PUBLIC RECORDS. (a) Each statement filed under this...

Section 302.018. Contributions From Executive or Judicial Officers or Employees - Sec. 302.018. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES....

Section 302.0191. Contributions and Expenditures From Political Contributions - Sec. 302.0191. CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. A person,...

Section 302.020. Permitted Expenditures - Sec. 302.020. PERMITTED EXPENDITURES. A speaker candidate may expend campaign...

Section 302.0201. Disposition of Unexpended Funds; Report - Sec. 302.0201. DISPOSITION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS; REPORT. (a) A former...

Section 302.021. Offenses and Penalties - Sec. 302.021. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES. (a) A speaker candidate or...

Section 302.022. Prosecution by Indictment - Sec. 302.022. PROSECUTION BY INDICTMENT. Each prosecution under this subchapter...

Subchapter C. Legislative Bribery

Section 302.031. Definition - Sec. 302.031. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "economic benefit" means anything...

Section 302.032. Legislative Bribery: Promises or Threats - Sec. 302.032. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: PROMISES OR THREATS. A person commits...

Section 302.033. Legislative Bribery: Accepting Benefits - Sec. 302.033. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: ACCEPTING BENEFITS. A member of or...

Section 302.034. Penalty - Sec. 302.034. PENALTY. An offense under this subchapter is a...

Section 302.035. Permitted Communications, Discussions, and Advocacy - Sec. 302.035. PERMITTED COMMUNICATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, AND ADVOCACY. This subchapter does...

Chapter 303 - Governor for a Day and Speaker's Day

Section 303.001. Definitions - Sec. 303.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Governor for a...

Section 303.002. Chairman - Sec. 303.002. CHAIRMAN. (a) Before any contributions are accepted or...

Section 303.003. Contributions - Sec. 303.003. CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) An individual, association, corporation, or other...

Section 303.004. Expenditures - Sec. 303.004. EXPENDITURES. (a) The chairman may authorize the expenditure...

Section 303.005. Final Report - Sec. 303.005. FINAL REPORT. (a) Not later than the 60th...

Chapter 304 - Emergency Interim Legislative Succession

Section 304.001. Short Title - Sec. 304.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 304.002. Definitions - Sec. 304.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Attack" means any...

Section 304.004. Designation of Emergency Interim Successors - Sec. 304.004. DESIGNATION OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSORS. (a) Each legislator...

Section 304.005. When Designation or Revision Takes Effect - Sec. 304.005. WHEN DESIGNATION OR REVISION TAKES EFFECT. (a) Each...

Section 304.006. Status and Qualifications of Emergency Interim Successors - Sec. 304.006. STATUS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSORS. (a)...

Section 304.007. Oath - Sec. 304.007. OATH. When the designation of an emergency interim...

Section 304.008. Assumption of Powers and Duties - Sec. 304.008. ASSUMPTION OF POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) If the...

Section 304.009. Privileges, Immunities, and Compensation - Sec. 304.009. PRIVILEGES, IMMUNITIES, AND COMPENSATION. (a) An emergency interim...

Section 304.010. Duty to Remain Informed - Sec. 304.010. DUTY TO REMAIN INFORMED. Each emergency interim successor...

Section 304.011. Quorum; Votes - Sec. 304.011. QUORUM; VOTES. In the event of an attack,...

Chapter 305 - Registration of Lobbyists

Subchapter A. General Provisions; Registration

Section 305.001. Policy - Sec. 305.001. POLICY. The operation of responsible democratic government requires...

Section 305.002. Definitions - Sec. 305.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administrative action" means...

Section 305.0021. Determination of Amount of Joint Expenditure - Sec. 305.0021. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF JOINT EXPENDITURE. (a) If...

Section 305.003. Persons Required to Register - Sec. 305.003. PERSONS REQUIRED TO REGISTER. (a) A person must...

Section 305.004. Exceptions - Sec. 305.004. EXCEPTIONS. The following persons are not required to...

Section 305.0041. Exceptions for Certain Activities for Which Compensation or Reimbursement Is Received - Sec. 305.0041. EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH COMPENSATION OR...

Section 305.005. Registration - Sec. 305.005. REGISTRATION. (a) Each person required to register under...

Section 305.0051. Listing of Public Officers and Employees - Sec. 305.0051. LISTING OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. (a) Except...

Section 305.006. Activities Report - Sec. 305.006. ACTIVITIES REPORT. (a) Each registrant shall file with...

Section 305.0061. Detailed Reports - Sec. 305.0061. DETAILED REPORTS. (a) If a registrant or a...

Section 305.0062. Expenditures Attributable to Groups - Sec. 305.0062. EXPENDITURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO GROUPS. (a) The report filed...

Section 305.0063. Modified Reporting - Sec. 305.0063. MODIFIED REPORTING. (a) A person required to register...

Section 305.0064. Electronic Filing of Registrations and Activity Reports - Sec. 305.0064. ELECTRONIC FILING OF REGISTRATIONS AND ACTIVITY REPORTS. (a)...

Section 305.007. Filing Dates for Supplemental Reports - Sec. 305.007. FILING DATES FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. (a) The registrant...

Section 305.0071. Inclusion of Expenditure in Report - Sec. 305.0071. INCLUSION OF EXPENDITURE IN REPORT. (a) Except as...

Section 305.008. Termination Notice - Sec. 305.008. TERMINATION NOTICE. (a) A person who ceases to...

Section 305.009. Maintenance of Reports - Sec. 305.009. MAINTENANCE OF REPORTS. (a) All reports filed under...

Section 305.010. Timeliness of Filing Registrations and Reports - Sec. 305.010. TIMELINESS OF FILING REGISTRATIONS AND REPORTS. (a) A...

Section 305.011. List of Registrants and Employers - Sec. 305.011. LIST OF REGISTRANTS AND EMPLOYERS. (a) Not later...

Subchapter B. Prohibited Activities

Section 305.021. False Communications - Sec. 305.021. FALSE COMMUNICATIONS. A person, for the purpose of...

Section 305.022. Contingent Fees - Sec. 305.022. CONTINGENT FEES. (a) A person may not retain...

Section 305.023. Admission to Floors - Sec. 305.023. ADMISSION TO FLOORS. A person who is registered...

Section 305.024. Restrictions on Expenditures - Sec. 305.024. RESTRICTIONS ON EXPENDITURES. Text of subsection as amended...

Section 305.025. Exceptions - Sec. 305.025. EXCEPTIONS. Section 305.024 does not prohibit: (1) a...

Section 305.026. Prohibition on Use of Certain Public Funds - Sec. 305.026. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN PUBLIC FUNDS. (a)...

Section 305.027. Required Disclosure on Legislative Advertising - Sec. 305.027. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING. (a) A person...

Section 305.028. Prohibited Conflicts of Interest - Sec. 305.028. PROHIBITED CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. (a) In this section:...

Section 305.029. Expenditures From Political Contributions Restricted - Sec. 305.029. EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS RESTRICTED. (a) In this...

Subchapter C. Sanctions

Section 305.031. Criminal Penalties - Sec. 305.031. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense...

Section 305.032. Civil Penalty for Failure to Register - Sec. 305.032. CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REGISTER. In addition...

Section 305.033. Civil Penalty for Late Filing - Sec. 305.033. CIVIL PENALTY FOR LATE FILING. (a) The commission...

Section 305.034. Failure to File All Required Forms - Sec. 305.034. FAILURE TO FILE ALL REQUIRED FORMS. (a) The...

Section 305.035. Enforcement - Sec. 305.035. ENFORCEMENT. (a) The commission, the attorney general, or...

Section 305.036. Venue - Sec. 305.036. VENUE. An offense under this chapter, including perjury,...

Chapter 306 - Legislative Information

Section 306.001. Definition - Sec. 306.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "communication" includes conversation, correspondence,...

Section 306.002. Application - Sec. 306.002. APPLICATION. This chapter applies to records and communications...

Section 306.003. Confidential Records - Sec. 306.003. CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS. (a) Records of a member of...

Section 306.004. Public Disclosure Prohibited - Sec. 306.004. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED. (a) To ensure the right...

Section 306.0055. Legislatively Produced Photographs - Sec. 306.0055. LEGISLATIVELY PRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHS. A house, committee, or agency...

Section 306.006. Commercial Use of Legislatively Produced Audio or Visual Materials - Sec. 306.006. COMMERCIAL USE OF LEGISLATIVELY PRODUCED AUDIO OR VISUAL...

Section 306.007. Minutes and Reports Electronically Available to Legislature - Sec. 306.007. MINUTES AND REPORTS ELECTRONICALLY AVAILABLE TO LEGISLATURE. A...

Section 306.008. Legislative Privilege - Sec. 306.008. LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE. (a) To protect the public's interest...

Section 306.009. Custodian of Certain Legislative Records - Sec. 306.009. CUSTODIAN OF CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE RECORDS. (a) A member...

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Texas Statutes Title 3 - Legislative Branch Subtitle A - Legislature

Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Legislative Branch
Subtitle A - Legislature