{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2004.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2004.003","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION.","body":"An individual is not required to register under Section 2004.002 because of:\n(1) the individual's appearance or contact on an interagency matter if the individual is an officer or employee of the state agency; or\n(2) a contact by the individual with the state agency or an officer or employee of the agency if the contact:\n(A) is solely for obtaining information and an attempt is not made to influence the action of an officer or employee of the agency;\n(B) consists of making an appearance and participating at a public hearing;\n(C) is made in a matter in which a pleading or other instrument that discloses the individual's representation is on file with the agency; or\n(D) is one for which the individual does not receive compensation or any thing of value.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE A. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE","CHAPTER 2004. REPRESENTATION BEFORE STATE AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2004.htm#2004.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"f9436a2ff788d643eb1b12dae5fd7593924eb8e16fe77a3ff2753824f32a0502","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2004.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2004.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}