82R1744 CAE-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 306
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a disclosure on advertisements made by a
general-purpose committee of certain political contributions made
to the committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 255.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 255.010. DISCLOSURE BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE. A
general-purpose committee may not knowingly publish, distribute,
or broadcast a political advertisement containing express advocacy
that does not disclose in the advertising the identity of any person
who has made political contributions to the general-purpose
committee that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The disclosure
must include:
(1) the name of the person who made the contributions;
(2) the city and state in which the person making the
contributions resides;
(3) the principal occupation of the person making the
contributions; and
(4) the amount of the contributions.
SECTION 2. Section 255.010, Election Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an advertisement that is published,
distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee on or
after September 1, 2011. An advertisement that is published,
distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee before
September 1, 2011, is governed by the law in effect immediately
before September 1, 2011, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.