| 1 | | - | By: Gonzales (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1114 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 11, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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| 4 | | - | Affairs; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1114 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the authority with whom certain political committees |
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| 12 | 6 | | must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 254.130, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 15 | 9 | | read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | Sec. 254.130. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. (a) |
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| 17 | 11 | | Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports [Reports] filed under |
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| 18 | 12 | | this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the |
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| 19 | 13 | | political committee's campaign treasurer appointment is required |
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| 20 | 14 | | to be filed. |
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| 21 | 15 | | (b) A specific-purpose committee created to support or |
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| 22 | 16 | | oppose a measure on the issuance of bonds by a school district shall |
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| 23 | 17 | | file reports under this subchapter with the commission. |
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| 24 | 18 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a report of political |
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| 25 | 19 | | contributions or expenditures due on or after the effective date of |
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| 26 | 20 | | this Act. A report of political contributions or expenditures due |
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| 27 | 21 | | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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| 28 | 22 | | effect on the date the report is due, and the former law is |
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| 29 | 23 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 30 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 25 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 26 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 27 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1114 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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| 28 | + | 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 9, 3 present, not |
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| 29 | + | voting. |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 32 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1114 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 33 | + | 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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| 34 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 37 | + | Date |
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| 38 | + | _____________________ |
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| 39 | + | Governor |
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