84R6195 ATP-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 4075
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting requirements for a person who makes
direct campaign expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 254.261, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE [EXCEEDING
$100].
SECTION 2. Section 254.261(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(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 shall comply with this chapter by
reporting political contributions made to the person and direct
campaign expenditures made by the person as if the person were the
campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee that does not
file monthly reports under Section 254.155.
SECTION 3. Section 254.261(a), Election Code, as amended by
this Act, applies to the reporting of a contribution or expenditure
made on or after the effective date of this Act. A contribution or
expenditure made before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect when the contribution or expenditure was made,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.