By Danburg H.B. No. 3202 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to public access to reports of political contributions and 1-3 expenditures on the Internet. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 251, Election Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 251.031 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 251.031. ELECTRONIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS THROUGH THE 1-8 INTERNET. (a) The commission shall electronically image each 1-9 report that is not filed by computer diskette, modem, or other 1-10 means of electronic transfer, using computer software provided by 1-11 the commission or computer software that meets commission 1-12 specifications for a standard file format. 1-13 (b) The commission shall make all reports, including 1-14 electronically imaged reports, available to the public through the 1-15 Internet, as defined in Section 323.0145, Government Code, within 1-16 72 hours of the commission receiving the reports. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.