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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the electronic filing with the Texas Ethics Commission |
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of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 254.0365 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 254.0365. ELECTRONIC FILING OF CERTAIN REPORTS |
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REQUIRED. (a) This section does not apply to a candidate or |
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officeholder for a judicial office subject to Subchapter F, Chapter |
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253. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a candidate or |
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officeholder who is required to file reports with the commission |
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shall file the reports electronically if in a calendar year the |
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candidate or officeholder: |
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(1) accepts political contributions that in the |
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aggregate exceed $25,000; or |
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(2) makes political expenditures that in the aggregate |
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exceed $25,000. |
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(c) The commission shall make each report filed in |
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accordance with this section available to the public on the |
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commission's Internet website not later than the seventh business |
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day after the date the report is filed. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a report of political contributions and expenditures under Chapter |
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254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after January |
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1, 2024. A report under that chapter that is required to be filed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the report is required to be filed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |