Amend CSHB 3332 by inserting the following new sections,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent sections
accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Section 253.002(b), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (b)  This section does not apply to:
            (1)  an individual or organization making an
expenditure authorized by Subchapter C;
            (2)  a corporation or labor organization making an
expenditure authorized by Subchapter D;
            (3)  a candidate making or authorizing an expenditure
for the candidate's own election;
            (4)  a political committee; or
            (5)  a campaign treasurer or assistant campaign
treasurer acting in an official capacity.
      SECTION ____.  The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 254,
Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
            SUBCHAPTER C. INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
amended by adding Sections 253.064 and 253.065 to read as follows:
      Sec. 253.064.  DIRECT EXPENDITURE OF $100 OR LESS.  Except as
otherwise provided by law, an organization that is not a political
committee, not acting in concert with another person, may make one
or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from the
organization's own property if:
            (1)  the total expenditures on any one or more
candidates or measures do not exceed $100; and
            (2)  the organization receives no reimbursement for the
expenditures. 
      Sec. 253.065.  DIRECT EXPENDITURES EXCEEDING
$100.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, an organization
that is not a political committee not acting in concert with
another person may make one or more direct campaign expenditures in
an election from the organization's own property that exceed $100
on any one or more candidates or measures if:
            (1)  the organization complies with Chapter 254 as if
the organization were a political committee; and
            (2)  the individual receives no reimbursement for the
expenditures. 
      (b)  An organization making expenditures under this section
is not required to file a campaign treasurer appointment.