By Seidlits H.B. No. 2756
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to reporting procedures under Title 15, Election Code.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 253.037, Election Code is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a political party's
1-7 county executive committee that is complying with Section 253.031
1-8 or to a general-purpose committee that accepts contributions from a
1-9 multi-candidate political committee (as defined by the Federal
1-10 Election Campaign Act) that is registered with the Federal
1-11 Election Commission, provided that the general-purpose committee is
1-12 in compliance with Section 253.032.
1-13 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 253.031, Election Code,
1-14 is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (b) A political committee may not knowingly accept <a>
1-16 political contributions totaling more than $500 or make or
1-17 authorize (a) political expenditures totaling more than $500 at a
1-18 time when a campaign treasurer appointment for the committee is not
1-19 in effect.
1-20 SECTION 3. Section 254.161, Election Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 254.161. Notice to Candidate and Officeholder of
1-23 Contributions and Expenditures. If a general-purpose committee
2-1 other than the principal political committee of a political party
2-2 or a political committee established by a political party's county
2-3 executive committee accepts political contributions or makes
2-4 political expenditures for a candidate or officeholder, notice of
2-5 that fact shall be given to the affected candidate or officeholder
2-6 as provided by Section 254.128 for a specific-purpose committee.
2-7 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-8 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.