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1	1	88R6813 CJD-D
2	2	By: A. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1441
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the inclusion of the mailing address of certain
8	8	campaign treasurers in appointments and reports filed with the
9	9	Texas Ethics Commission.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 252.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(a) A campaign treasurer appointment must be in writing and
14	14	include:
15	15	(1) the campaign treasurer's name;
16	16	(2) the campaign treasurer's residence, mailing, or
17	17	business street address;
18	18	(3) the campaign treasurer's telephone number; and
19	19	(4) the name of the person making the appointment.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 254.061, Election Code, is amended to
21	21	read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 254.061. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition
23	23	to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a
24	24	candidate must include:
25	25	(1) the candidate's full name and address, the office
26	26	sought, and the identity and date of the election for which the
27	27	report is filed;
28	28	(2) the campaign treasurer's name, residence, mailing,
29	29	or business street address, and telephone number;
30	30	(3) for each political committee from which the
31	31	candidate received notice under Section 254.128 or 254.161:
32	32	(A) the committee's full name and address;
33	33	(B) an indication of whether the committee is a
34	34	general-purpose committee or a specific-purpose committee; and
35	35	(C) the full name and address of the committee's
36	36	campaign treasurer; and
37	37	(4) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
38	38	identification of any payment from political contributions made to
39	39	a business in which the candidate has a participating interest of
40	40	more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the
41	41	business, or serves as an officer of the business.
42	42	SECTION 3. Section 254.121, Election Code, is amended to
43	43	read as follows:
44	44	Sec. 254.121. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition
45	45	to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a
46	46	campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee must include:
47	47	(1) the committee's full name and address;
48	48	(2) the full name, residence, mailing, or business
49	49	street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign
50	50	treasurer;
51	51	(3) the identity and date of the election for which the
52	52	report is filed, if applicable;
53	53	(4) the name of each candidate and each measure
54	54	supported or opposed by the committee, indicating for each whether
55	55	the committee supports or opposes;
56	56	(5) the name of each officeholder assisted by the
57	57	committee;
58	58	(6) the amount of each political expenditure in the
59	59	form of a political contribution that is made to a candidate,
60	60	officeholder, or another political committee and that is returned
61	61	to the committee during the reporting period, the name of the person
62	62	to whom the expenditure was originally made, and the date it is
63	63	returned;
64	64	(7) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
65	65	identification of any payment from political contributions made to
66	66	a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a
67	67	participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on
68	68	the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the
69	69	business; and
70	70	(8) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
71	71	identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor
72	72	organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253.
73	73	SECTION 4. Section 254.151, Election Code, is amended to
74	74	read as follows:
75	75	Sec. 254.151. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition
76	76	to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a
77	77	campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee must include:
78	78	(1) the committee's full name and address;
79	79	(2) the full name, residence, mailing, or business
80	80	street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign
81	81	treasurer;
82	82	(3) the identity and date of the election for which the
83	83	report is filed, if applicable;
84	84	(4) the name of each identified candidate or measure
85	85	or classification by party of candidates supported or opposed by
86	86	the committee, indicating whether the committee supports or opposes
87	87	each listed candidate, measure, or classification by party of
88	88	candidates;
89	89	(5) the name of each identified officeholder or
90	90	classification by party of officeholders assisted by the committee;
91	91	(6) the principal occupation of each person from whom
92	92	political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50 are
93	93	accepted during the reporting period;
94	94	(7) the amount of each political expenditure in the
95	95	form of a political contribution made to a candidate, officeholder,
96	96	or another political committee that is returned to the committee
97	97	during the reporting period, the name of the person to whom the
98	98	expenditure was originally made, and the date it is returned;
99	99	(8) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
100	100	identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor
101	101	organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253; and
102	102	(9) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
103	103	identification of the name of the donor, the amount, and the date of
104	104	any expenditure made by a corporation or labor organization to:
105	105	(A) establish or administer the political
106	106	committee; or
107	107	(B) finance the solicitation of political
108	108	contributions to the committee under Section 253.100.
109	109	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
110	110	a campaign treasurer appointment required to be filed under Chapter
111	111	252, Election Code, or a report required to be filed under Chapter
112	112	254, Election Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A
113	113	campaign treasurer appointment or report required to be filed
114	114	before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in
115	115	effect at the time the appointment or report was filed, and the
116	116	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
117	117	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
118	118	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
119	119	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
120	120	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
121	121	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.