By Hunter H.B. No. 1449
75R6148 ESH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to reporting concerning fundraising for governor for a day
1-3 and speaker's reunion day ceremonies.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 303.005(a), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which the
1-8 governor for a day or speaker's reunion day ceremony occurs, the
1-9 chairman shall file with the Texas Ethics Commission [secretary of
1-10 state] a final report indicating:
1-11 (1) the name and address of each contributor of more
1-12 than $50;
1-13 (2) the amount of each contribution of more than $50;
1-14 (3) whether a contribution of more than $50 was in
1-15 cash or in kind;
1-16 (4) the total of all contributions of $50 or less;
1-17 (5) the total of all contributions received;
1-18 (6) the name and address of each entity to which an
1-19 expenditure of more than $50 was made;
1-20 (7) the amount of each expenditure of more than $50;
1-21 (8) the purpose of each expenditure of more than $50;
1-22 (9) the total of all expenditures of $50 or less; and
1-23 (10) the total of all expenditures.
1-24 SECTION 2. Section 571.030(b), Government Code, is amended
2-1 to read as follows:
2-2 (b) Money in the fund may be appropriated only to the
2-3 commission to administer and enforce:
2-4 (1) this chapter;
2-5 (2) Chapters 302, 303, 305, and 572; and
2-6 (3) Title 15, Election Code.
2-7 SECTION 3. Section 571.061(a), Government Code, is amended
2-8 to read as follows:
2-9 (a) The commission shall administer and enforce:
2-10 (1) Chapters 302, 303, 305, and 572; and
2-11 (2) Title 15, Election Code.
2-12 SECTION 4. Section 571.091(a), Government Code, is amended
2-13 to read as follows:
2-14 (a) The commission shall prepare a written opinion answering
2-15 the request of a person subject to any of the following laws for an
2-16 opinion about the application of any of these laws to the person in
2-17 regard to a specified existing or hypothetical factual situation:
2-18 (1) Chapter 302;
2-19 (2) Chapter 303;
2-20 (3) Chapter 305;
2-21 (4) [(3)] Chapter 572;
2-22 (5) [(4)] Title 15, Election Code;
2-23 (6) [(5)] Chapter 36, Penal Code; or
2-24 (7) [(6)] Chapter 39, Penal Code.
2-25 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-26 SECTION 6. Not later than September 15, 1997, the secretary
2-27 of state shall transfer to the Texas Ethics Commission each final
3-1 report filed with the secretary of state under Section 303.005(a),
3-2 Government Code, as that section existed before amendment by this
3-3 Act, that indicates that there is outstanding debt and as to which
3-4 a supplemental report under Section 303.005(b), Government Code,
3-5 has not been filed with the secretary of state. A person required
3-6 to file a supplemental report under Section 303.005(b), Government
3-7 Code, who filed a final report under Section 303.005(a), Government
3-8 Code, as that section existed before amendment by this Act, with
3-9 the secretary of state shall file the supplemental report with the
3-10 Texas Ethics Commission.
3-11 SECTION 7. 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.