Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3156 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R9303 JG-D
2	2	By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 3156
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to inaugural contribution limits and the disclosure of
8	8	inaugural contributions and expenditures.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 401.004(a), Government Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(a) Subject to Section 401.0045, a [A] person may contribute
13	13	funds, services, or other things of value to pay the expenses of or
14	14	otherwise provide for an inauguration. This contribution is not a
15	15	political contribution for purposes of state law regulating
16	16	political contributions or prohibiting a contribution by a
17	17	corporation or labor organization.
18	18	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
19	19	amended by adding Section 401.0045 to read as follows:
20	20	Sec. 401.0045. INAUGURAL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS; DISCLOSURE
21	21	STATEMENT. (a) In this section "political committee" has the
22	22	meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
23	23	(b) Inaugural contributions made by a person under Section
24	24	401.004 are subject to the following contribution limits:
25	25	(1) for a person other than a person described by
26	26	Subdivision (3), the total amount of contributions may not exceed
27	27	$2,500;
28	28	(2) for a political committee, the total amount of
29	29	contributions may not exceed $7,500; and
30	30	(3) for a corporation that does business with this
31	31	state or an officer or other representative of the corporation, the
32	32	total amount of contributions may not exceed $7,500.
33	33	(c) Not later than the 30th day after the date of the
34	34	inauguration, the inaugural committee shall provide to the Texas
35	35	Ethics Commission a disclosure statement on the total inaugural
36	36	contributions received by the committee and the total expenditures
37	37	made by the committee for the inauguration. The disclosure
38	38	statement must include:
39	39	(1) if the total contributions or expenditures do not
40	40	exceed $1,000, a statement that the contributions received or the
41	41	expenditures made, as applicable, do not exceed that amount; or
42	42	(2) if the total contributions or expenditures exceed
43	43	$1,000, an itemized statement of the following:
44	44	(A) for each contribution of $500 or more:
45	45	(i) the full name and principal address of
46	46	the person making the contribution;
47	47	(ii) the total amount of the contribution;
48	48	and
49	49	(iii) the date the contribution was
50	50	received by the committee;
51	51	(B) for each contribution of less than $500, the
52	52	total amount of those contributions;
53	53	(C) for each person paid $500 or more by the
54	54	committee:
55	55	(i) the full name and principal address of
56	56	the person;
57	57	(ii) the total amount paid to the person;
58	58	and
59	59	(iii) each purpose for which the person was
60	60	paid; and
61	61	(D) for all persons paid less than $500 by the
62	62	committee:
63	63	(i) the total amount of those expenditures;
64	64	and
65	65	(ii) the total amount for each category of
66	66	expenditure.
67	67	SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
68	68	inaugural contributions or expenditures made on or after the
69	69	effective date of this Act.
70	70	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.