85R7260 ATP-F
By: Davis of Harris H.B. No. 1382
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required disclosures on certain mailed political
advertising; providing a civil penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 255.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 255.010. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON SLATE MAILER. (a) In
this section, "slate mailer" means a mass mailing that supports or
opposes four or more candidates.
(b) This section does not apply to a slate mailer produced
by a general-purpose committee.
(c) In addition to the disclosure statement required by
Section 255.001 or 255.008, as applicable, the first page of a slate
mailer shall indicate the full name and address of each person with
final decision-making authority as to which candidates are
supported or opposed in the slate mailer.
(d) A person may not knowingly cause to be published or
distributed a slate mailer that does not include the disclosure
required by Subsection (c).
(e) A person who violates this section is liable to this
state for a civil penalty in an amount determined by the commission
not to exceed $4,000.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.