Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3044 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/04/2019

                    86R5006 JG-D
 By: Klick H.B. No. 3044


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to political expenditures made by a corporation to finance
 the solicitation of political contributions to a political
 committee.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 253.100(b), Election Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (b)  A corporation may make political expenditures to
 finance the solicitation of political contributions to a
 general-purpose committee assisted under Subsection (a) from the
 stockholders, employees, or families of stockholders or employees
 of one or more corporations, including soliciting political
 contributions by making charitable contributions that fully or
 partially match the political contributions.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.