Rules

PROPOSED RULES

At its June 2021, meeting, the Texas Ethics Commission voted to propose the following new and amended rules: §§18.17 and 34.82. The text of the proposed new and amended rules is located below.

§18.17. Report Must be Filed
Text of Proposed Rule

§34.82. Modified Reporting Threshold
Text of Proposed Rule

§18.17. Report Must be Filed
Text of Proposed Rule

The proposed new language is indicated by underlined text..

Chapter 18. GENERAL RULES CONCERNING REPORTS

§18.17. Report Must be Filed.

(a) The payment of a civil or criminal fine for failure to file a report, or for filing a report late, does not satisfy a filer's obligation to file the report.  Late fines continue to accrue until the report is filed.

(b) A filer who dies or becomes incapacitated is considered to have filed the report on the date of the filer’s death or the date the filer is determined to be incapacitated, as applicable, for purposes of this chapter. In this subsection, “incapacitated” means determined by a judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote or totally mentally incapacitated.

§34.82. Modified Reporting Threshold
Text of Proposed Rule

The proposed new language is indicated by underlined text.

Chapter 34. REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS

Subchapter D. LOBBY ACTIVITY REPORTS

§34.82. Modified Reporting Threshold.

For purposes of section 305.0063(d) of the Texas Government Code, expenditures shall include all expenditures reportable under section 305.006, including all expenditures that are required to be reported under subsections 305.006(b) and 305.006(c).