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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 556.006: LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS
  3. SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT
  4. CHAPTER 556. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN PUBLIC ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS

(a) A state agency may not use appropriated money to attempt to influence the passage or defeat of a legislative measure.

(b) This section does not prohibit a state officer or employee from using state resources to provide public information or to provide information responsive to a request.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 86, eff. June 19, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1498, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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