ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS.
Tex. LOC. GOV'T Code § 140.0045.
in effect(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a political subdivision must include, in a manner allowing for as clear a comparison as practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year, a line item indicating expenditures for:
(1) notices required by law to be published in a newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the political subdivision; and
(2) directly or indirectly influencing or attempting to influence the outcome of legislation or administrative action, as those terms are defined in Section 305.002 , Government Code.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a junior college district.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (S.B. 622 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 9, 2017.