87S20353 TJB-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 163
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of political expenditures made by certain
persons or entities before and during a special session of the
legislature.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 254.0391(a) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A statewide officeholder, a member of the legislature,
or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or
assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the legislature, or
a candidate for statewide office or the legislature or a
specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing the
candidate, that accepts a political contribution or makes a
political expenditure during the period beginning on the date the
governor signs the proclamation calling a special legislative
session and continuing through the date of final adjournment shall
report the contribution or expenditure to the commission not later
than the 30th day after the date of final adjournment.
(c) Each report required by this section must include, as
applicable:
(1) the amount of the political contribution, the full
name and address of the person making the contribution, and the date
of the contribution; and
(2) the amount of the political expenditure, the full
name and address of each person to whom the expenditure is made, and
the date and purpose of the expenditure.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a political expenditure made on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.