{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 556.006","heading":"LEGISLATIVE LOBBYING.","body":"(a) A state agency may not use appropriated money to attempt to influence the passage or defeat of a legislative measure.\n(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.\nAdded 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.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 556. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BY CERTAIN PUBLIC ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.556.htm#556.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"0c9c7d387a70800e4304999810f84d902705a8d2f002bbae9ec7a75b3ff596e1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.0055","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-556.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}