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FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

February 16, 2006

Mr. Speaker:

Your

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

, to whom has been referred

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL 180, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with the

following recommendation:

1. Senate Floor Amendment 1 be DISAPPROVED.

2. Senate Rules Committee Amendment 3 be DISAPPROVED.

and that the bill be amended further as follows:

3. On page 8, line 3, strike the quotation mark and between

lines 3 and 4, insert the following new subsections:

"C. A public officer or employee shall not sell, offer

to sell, coerce the sale of or be a party to a transaction to

sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal

property, directly or indirectly, through the public officer's or

employee's family or a business in which the public officer or

employee has a substantial interest, to a person over whom the

public officer or employee has regulatory authority.

D. A public officer or employee shall not receive a

commission or shall not profit from the sale or a transaction to

sell goods, services, construction or items of tangible personal

property to a person over whom the public officer or employee has

regulatory authority.

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E. A public officer or employee shall not accept from a

person over whom the public officer or employee has regulatory

authority an offer of employment or an offer of a contract in

which the public officer or employee provides goods, services,

construction, items of tangible personal property or other things

of value to the person over whom the public officer or employee

has regulatory authority.

F. The provisions of Subsections C, D and E of this

section shall not apply to a member of a board or commission

deemed to be a public officer who has been appointed to serve on

the board or commission without compensation."".

Respectfully submitted,

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Joseph Cervantes

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Eric A. Youngberg

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Hector H. Balderas

Adopted____________________ Not Adopted_____________________

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

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