Amend HB 2611 as follows:
      (1)  Between SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill (senate committee
report, page 3, between lines 27 and 28), insert the following new
SECTION 3:
      SECTION 3.  Sections 254.038(a) and (c), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  In addition to other reports required by this chapter, a
candidate or specific purpose committee that accepts political
contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000
<the following persons shall file additional reports> during the
period beginning the 14th <ninth> day before election day and
ending at 12 noon on <the second day before> election day shall
file additional reports<:>
            <(1)  a candidate for state senator who has an opponent
whose name is to appear on the ballot and who accepts political
contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000
during that reporting period;>
            <(2)  a candidate for state representative who has an
opponent whose name is to appear on the ballot and who accepts
political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
$200 during that reporting period;>
            <(3)  a specific-purpose committee for supporting or
opposing a candidate for state senator and that accepts political
contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000
during that reporting period; and>
            <(4)  a specific-purpose committee for supporting or
opposing a candidate for state representative and that accepts
political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
$200 during that reporting period>.
      (c)  A report under this section shall be filed by telegram,
<or> telephonic facsimile machine, or modem or other means of
electronic transfer or by hand with the authority with whom the
report is required to be filed <commission> not later than 24 <48>
hours after the contribution is accepted.
      (2)  Between SECTIONS 6 and 7 of the bill (page 4, between
lines 50 and 51), insert the following:
      (e)  Section 254.038, Election Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to the reporting of a political contribution accepted
on or after September 1, 1999.  The reporting of a political
contribution accepted before September 1, 1999, is governed by the
law in effect at the time the contribution was accepted, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
      (3)  Renumber the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.