Bill Text: TX SB1269 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to transportation, lodging, and meals offered to and accepted by public servants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-12 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1269 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1269-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1269 |
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relating to transportation, lodging, and meals offered to and | ||
accepted by public servants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.07, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Transportation, lodging, and meals described by | ||
Subsection (b) are not political contributions as defined by Title | ||
15, Election Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 36.10, Penal Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Sections 36.08 (Gift to Public Servant) and 36.09 | ||
(Offering Gift to Public Servant) do not apply to: | ||
(1) a fee prescribed by law to be received by a public | ||
servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is lawfully | ||
entitled or for which he gives legitimate consideration in a | ||
capacity other than as a public servant; | ||
(2) a gift or other benefit conferred on account of | ||
kinship or a personal, professional, or business relationship | ||
independent of the official status of the recipient; or | ||
(3) a benefit to a public servant required to file a | ||
statement under Chapter 572, Government Code, or a report under | ||
Title 15, Election Code, that is derived from a function in honor or | ||
appreciation of the recipient if: | ||
(A) the benefit and the source of any benefit in | ||
excess of $50 is reported in the statement; and | ||
(B) the benefit is used solely to defray the | ||
expenses that accrue in the performance of duties or activities in | ||
connection with the office which are nonreimbursable by the state | ||
or political subdivision; | ||
(4) a political contribution as defined by Title 15, | ||
Election Code; | ||
(5) a gift, award, or memento to a member of the | ||
legislative or executive branch that is required to be reported | ||
under Chapter 305, Government Code; | ||
(6) an item with a value of less than $50, excluding | ||
cash or a negotiable instrument as described by Section 3.104, | ||
Business & Commerce Code; [ |
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(7) an item issued by a governmental entity that | ||
allows the use of property or facilities owned, leased, or operated | ||
by the governmental entity; or | ||
(8) transportation, lodging, and meals described by | ||
Section 36.07(b). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1269 passed the Senate on | ||
April 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1269 passed the House on | ||
May 3, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, one present | ||
not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |