Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2195	House Author:  McCall
Effective:  9-1-07	Senate Sponsor:  Harris

            House Bill 2195 amends the Election Code and the Government Code to extend the deadlines for submitting certain electronic reports to the Texas Ethics Commission from 5:00 p.m. to midnight on the last day permitted for filing the reports.  The bill provides that additional reports filed by a certain candidate or specific-purpose committee during the period beginning the ninth day before an election and ending at 12 noon on the day before election day must be received by the commission electronically not later than midnight of the first business day after the date the contribution is accepted.  The bill also requires a statement required to be filed by each candidate for speaker of the house on the day before a regular or called session convenes to actually be delivered and in the possession of the commission not later than midnight of that day.