By: Carona S.B. No. 1142
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority with whom campaign finance reports must
be filed in connection with a judicial district office filled by the
voters of only one county.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 254.066, 254.097, and 254.130, Election
Code, are amended to read as follows:
Sec. 254.066. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
[(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] under this
subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the
candidate's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed.
[(b) A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
a candidate for a judicial district office filled by voters of only
one county shall also be filed with the county clerk.]
Sec. 254.097. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
[(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] under this
subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom a campaign
treasurer appointment by a candidate for the office held by the
officeholder is required to be filed.
[(b) A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
the holder of a judicial district office filled by voters of only
one county shall also be filed with the county clerk.]
Sec. 254.130. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
[(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] filed under
this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the
political committee's campaign treasurer appointment is required
to be filed.
[(b) A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate
for or assisting a holder of a judicial district office filled by
voters of only one county shall also be filed with the county
clerk.]
SECTION 2. Sections 254.066, 254.097, and 254.130, Election
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to the filing of a report of
political contributions and expenditures that is due on or after
the effective date of this Act. The filing of a report of political
contributions and expenditures that is due before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
report is due, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.