By: Phillips H.B. No. 3396
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain direct campaign expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sec. 254.261, Election Code, is amended as
follows:
Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $100
$1000. (a) A person not acting in concert with another person who
makes one or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from
the person's own property exceeding $1000 shall comply with this
chapter as if the person were the campaign treasurer of a
general-purpose committee that does not file monthly reports under
Section 254.155.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.