(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not offer, confer, or agree to confer:
(1) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5):
(A) a loan, including the guarantee or endorsement of a loan; or
(B) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code; or
(2) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7):
(A) an expenditure for transportation and lodging;
(B) an expenditure or series of expenditures for entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(C) an expenditure or series of expenditures for gifts that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(D) an expenditure for an award or memento that exceeds $500; or
(E) an expenditure described by Section 305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless the registrant is present at the event.
(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not offer, confer, or agree to confer to a member of the legislative or executive branch:
(1) a loan, including the guarantee or endorsement of a loan;
(2) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code;
(3) an expenditure for transportation and lodging;
(4) an expenditure or series of expenditures for entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(5) an expenditure or series of expenditures for gifts that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;
(6) an expenditure for an award or memento that exceeds $500; or
(7) an expenditure described by Section 305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless:
(A) the registrant is present at the event; or
(B) the expenditure is for a gift of food or beverages required to be reported under Section 305.006(b)(4) in accordance with Section 305.0061(e-1).
(b) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a member of the legislative or executive branch may not solicit, accept, or agree to accept from a person registered under Section 305.005 or from a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification an item listed in Subsection (a).
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total value of a joint expenditure under Subsection (a)(2)(B), (C), or (D) may exceed $500 if each portion of the expenditure:
(1) is made by a registrant; and
(2) does not exceed $500.