81R689 ATP-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 928
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports of contributions and expenditures by
legislative caucuses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 254.0311, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (i) to read as
follows:
(c) If no reportable activity occurs during a reporting
period, the legislative caucus is not required to file a report for
that period [shall indicate that fact in the report].
(i) A member of a legislative caucus is not personally
responsible for the filing of a report required by this section.
Only the legislative caucus as an entity and any person appointed by
the caucus to serve as treasurer of the caucus are subject to a
penalty imposed under this chapter or Chapter 571, Government Code,
for failure to comply with this section.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a report of contributions to and expenditures by a legislative
caucus that is required to be filed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A report that is required to be filed before that date
is governed by the law in effect when the report was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.