| 1 | 1 | | 84R1313 MK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Stephenson H.B. No. 221 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as a campaign |
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| 8 | 8 | | treasurer of a general-purpose political committee. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 252.0011, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) In this section, "election cycle" means the period |
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| 14 | 14 | | beginning on January 1 of an odd-numbered year and ending on |
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| 15 | 15 | | December 31 of the following even-numbered year. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a person |
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| 17 | 17 | | is ineligible for appointment as a campaign treasurer if the person |
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| 18 | 18 | | is the campaign treasurer of a political committee that does not |
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| 19 | 19 | | file a report required by Chapter 254. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (a-2) A person is ineligible for appointment as a campaign |
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| 21 | 21 | | treasurer of a general-purpose committee if the commission imposed |
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| 22 | 22 | | a civil penalty on the person during: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the election cycle preceding the election cycle in |
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| 24 | 24 | | which the person seeks to become a campaign treasurer; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) any previous election cycle if any amount of that |
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| 26 | 26 | | civil penalty remained unpaid during the election cycle preceding |
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| 27 | 27 | | the election cycle in which the person seeks to become a campaign |
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| 28 | 28 | | treasurer. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The period for which a person is ineligible under |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subsection (a-1) [(a)] for appointment as a campaign treasurer ends |
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| 31 | 31 | | on the date on which the political committee in connection with |
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| 32 | 32 | | which the person's ineligibility arose has filed each report |
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| 33 | 33 | | required by Chapter 254 that was not timely filed or, subject to |
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| 34 | 34 | | Subsection (a-2), has paid all fines and penalties in connection |
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| 35 | 35 | | with the failure to file the report. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) Subsection (a-1) [(a)] does not apply to a person if, in |
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| 37 | 37 | | any semiannual reporting period prescribed by Chapter 254: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) the political committee in connection with which |
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| 39 | 39 | | the person's ineligibility arose did not accept political |
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| 40 | 40 | | contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political |
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| 41 | 41 | | expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) the candidate who or political committee that |
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| 43 | 43 | | subsequently appoints the person does not accept political |
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| 44 | 44 | | contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political |
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| 45 | 45 | | expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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