By: Harris, Jack H.B. No. 598
73R2219 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the reporting of certain direct campaign expenditures
1-3 by a candidate or officeholder.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 254.061, Election Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 254.061. ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS. In addition
1-8 to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a
1-9 candidate must include:
1-10 (1) the candidate's full name and address, the office
1-11 sought, and the identity and date of the election for which the
1-12 report is filed;
1-13 (2) the campaign treasurer's name, residence or
1-14 business street address, and telephone number;
1-15 (3) for each political committee whose support the
1-16 candidate sought and from which the candidate received notice
1-17 under Section 254.128 or 254.161:
1-18 (A) the committee's full name and address;
1-19 (B) an indication of whether the committee is a
1-20 general-purpose committee or a specific-purpose committee; and
1-21 (C) the full name and address of the committee's
1-22 campaign treasurer;
1-23 (4) the full name and address of each individual
1-24 acting as a campaign treasurer of a political committee under
2-1 Section 253.062 whose support the candidate sought and from whom
2-2 the candidate received notice under Section 254.128 or 254.161; and
2-3 (5) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
2-4 identification of any payment from political contributions made to
2-5 a business in which the candidate has a participating interest of
2-6 more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the
2-7 business, or serves as an officer of the business.
2-8 SECTION 2. Section 254.091, Election Code, is amended to
2-9 read as follows:
2-10 Sec. 254.091. Additional Contents of Reports. In addition
2-11 to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by an
2-12 officeholder must include:
2-13 (1) the officeholder's full name and address and the
2-14 office held;
2-15 (2) for each political committee whose support the
2-16 officeholder sought and from which the officeholder received notice
2-17 under Section 254.128 or 254.161:
2-18 (A) the committee's full name and address;
2-19 (B) an indication of whether the committee is a
2-20 general-purpose committee or a specific-purpose committee; and
2-21 (C) the full name and address of the committee's
2-22 campaign treasurer; and
2-23 (3) on a separate page or pages of the report, the
2-24 identification of any payment from political contributions made to
2-25 a business in which the officeholder has a participating interest
2-26 of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of
2-27 the business, or serves as an officer of the business.
3-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-2 SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by Sections 1 and 2
3-3 of this Act apply only to an offense under Section 254.041(c),
3-4 Election Code, committed on or after the effective date of this
3-5 Act. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed
3-6 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
3-7 occurs before the effective date.
3-8 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
3-9 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
3-10 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
3-11 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.