By: Kacal H.B. No. 3254 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to making a political expenditure for the purpose of allowing a candidate or officeholder to address a meeting of a corporation or labor organization. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 253.098, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows : (a-1) A corporation or labor organization may make one or more expenditures authorized under Subsection (a) for the purpose of allowing a candidate or officeholder to communicate at a meeting of the corporation or labor organization. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.