Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS
Subchapter E - ELECTRONIC FILING
Section 34.91 - Exemptions from Electronic Filing

Universal Citation: 1 TX Admin Code ยง 34.91

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) A registrant is required to file each report electronically by using the Internet to transmit the report, by using the web-based filing application provided by the commission, unless the registrant files with the commission an affidavit stating that:

(1) the registrant does not use a computer or mobile device, including a tablet or smartphone with access to the Internet;

(2) no person acting as an agent or consultant of the registrant and no person with whom the registrant contracts uses a computer or mobile device, including a tablet or smartphone with access to the Internet;

(3) the registrant does not intend to be compensated or reimbursed for lobby activity in the calendar year covered by the registration;

(4) the registrant was not compensated for lobby activity in either of the previous two calendar years;

(5) the registrant does not intend to make lobby expenditures during the calendar year covered by the registration; and

(6) the registrant did not make lobby expenditures in either of the previous two calendar years.

(b) The commission has the discretion to exempt from the electronic filing requirement a registrant who is not eligible to file under subsection (a) of this section if a registrant submits an affidavit to the commission stating the basis for the inability to filing electronically.

(c) A registrant who is eligible to file under subsection (a) of this section must file an affidavit under subsection (a) of this section with each report filed under Chapter 305 of the Government Code and this chapter.

(d) A registrant who during a calendar year becomes ineligible to file on paper based on the criteria listed in subsection (a) of this section must file electronically beginning on the date on which the next report is due under § RSA 305.007 of the Government Code.

(e) For purposes of this section, "lobby expenditure" means expenditures required to be reported under Chapter 305 of the Government Code and this chapter.

(f) For purposes of this section, a "report" includes any document required to be filed by a registrant under Chapter 305 of the Government Code and this chapter except that it does not include notices and statements required to be filed under § RSA 305.028 of the Government Code.

(g) For purposes of this section, a "report" includes the confidential social security information required to be filed by a lobbyist in compliance with § RSA 231.302(c)(1) of the Family Code.

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