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| 1 | 1 | 84R6195 ATP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook H.B. No. 4075 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the reporting requirements for a person who makes | |
| 8 | 8 | direct campaign expenditures. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 254.261, Election Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE [EXCEEDING | |
| 13 | 13 | $100]. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 254.261(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) A person not acting in concert with another person who | |
| 17 | 17 | makes one or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from | |
| 18 | 18 | the person's own property shall comply with this chapter by | |
| 19 | 19 | reporting political contributions made to the person and direct | |
| 20 | 20 | campaign expenditures made by the person as if the person were the | |
| 21 | 21 | campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee that does not | |
| 22 | 22 | file monthly reports under Section 254.155. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. Section 254.261(a), Election Code, as amended by | |
| 24 | 24 | this Act, applies to the reporting of a contribution or expenditure | |
| 25 | 25 | made on or after the effective date of this Act. A contribution or | |
| 26 | 26 | expenditure made before the effective date of this Act is governed | |
| 27 | 27 | by the law in effect when the contribution or expenditure was made, | |
| 28 | 28 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |