82R7016 EES-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1451
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to direct campaign expenditures by corporations and labor
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 253.094(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A corporation or labor organization may not make a
political contribution [or political expenditure] in connection
with a recall election, including the circulation and submission of
a petition to call an election.
SECTION 2. Section 253.097, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 253.097. DIRECT EXPENDITURE ON MEASURE OR OFFICE. A
corporation or labor organization not acting in concert with
another person may make one or more direct campaign expenditures
from its own property in connection with an election on a measure or
a public office if the corporation or labor organization makes the
expenditures in accordance with Section 253.061 or 253.062 as if
the corporation or labor organization were an individual.
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 253.107 to read as follows:
Sec. 253.107. TRAVEL EXPENSE. A direct campaign
expenditure consisting of personal travel expenses incurred by a
corporation or labor organization may be made without complying
with Section 253.097 if the corporation or labor organization
receives no reimbursement for the expenditure.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.