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The Texas Ethics Commission was established in 1991 to oversee and provide guidance on various public ethics laws within the state of Texas. The agency's main office is located on the 10th Floor of the Sam Houston State Office Building at 201 East 14th Street in Downtown Austin. [1] [2] Instituted through a state constitutional amendment, the ...
In 2014, Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan was fined by the Texas Ethics Commission after the agency alleged that he had failed to register as a lobbyist starting in 2010. Sullivan said his activities were best described as journalism rather than lobbying. [ 6 ]
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Texas Commission on Fire Protection; Texas Commission on Jail Standards; Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct; Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; Texas Commission on the Arts; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts; Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
The amended rule, §26.1 of Chapter 20 on political contribution and expenditure reporting, will go into effect 20 days after it is submitted to the secretary of state, as per the Texas Ethics ...
The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. § 1601) was legislation in the United States aimed at bringing increased accountability to federal lobbying practices in the United States. The law was amended substantially by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007. [ 1 ]
Local Pastor Scott Beard paid a $3,500 fine to Texas Ethics Commission for violations committed during his 2023 campaign for Abilene City Council. Four complaints were filed in 2023 with the TEC ...
A Houston Republican who lost his bid for a seat on its city council has been fined $30,000 by the Texas Ethics Commission after falsely claiming he had been endorsed by a group of Black Democrats.
A Lobby Registry, also named Lobbyist Registry, Register for Lobby Transparency or Registry of Lobbyists is a public database, in which information about lobbying actors and key data about their actions can be accessed. Its aim is to gain transparency about possible influences of interest groups on Parliamentarians and their staff.