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| 1 | 1 | 84R2761 MK-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ellis S.B. No. 254 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of brokerage statements to meet certain | |
| 8 | 8 | requirements for reports of political contributions and | |
| 9 | 9 | expenditures. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 254.036, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a-1) A report filed under this chapter may satisfy the | |
| 14 | 14 | requirements of Sections 254.031(a)(11), (12), and (13) by | |
| 15 | 15 | including a brokerage statement with the filed report that contains | |
| 16 | 16 | all of the information required under those sections. The | |
| 17 | 17 | brokerage statement, if filed by computer diskette, modem, or other | |
| 18 | 18 | means of electronic transfer, may be submitted in PDF format. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to a report filed under Chapter 254, Election Code, that is due on | |
| 21 | 21 | or after the effective date of this Act. A report filed under that | |
| 22 | 22 | chapter that is due before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 23 | 23 | governed by the law in effect on the date the report is due, and the | |
| 24 | 24 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2016. |