Amend CSHB 2 as follows:
      (1)  On page 6, between lines 7 and 8, add the following new
sections to the bill and renumber the subsequent sections
accordingly:
      SECTION 6. Section 254.034(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (a)  During the period beginning at 7 p.m. on general
election day <on the 30th day before the date a regular legislative
session convenes> and continuing through the day of final
adjournment of the next regular legislative session, a person may
not knowingly make a political contribution to:
            (1)  a statewide officeholder;
            (2)  a member of the legislature;  or
            (3)  a specific-purpose committee for supporting,
opposing, or assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the
legislature.
      SECTION 7. Section 253.0341(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (a)  During the period beginning at 7 p.m. on general
election day <on the 30th day before the date a regular legislative
session convenes> and continuing through the day of final
adjournment of the next regular legislative session, a person not a
member of the caucus may not knowingly make a contribution to a
legislative caucus.
      (2)  On page 30, between lines 20 and 21, insert the
following new subsections to Section 29 of the bill and reletter
the subsequent subsections accordingly:
      (b)  Section 253.034, Election Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to a political contribution accepted on or after
September 1, 2001.  A political contribution accepted before
September 1, 2001, 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.
      (c)  Section 253.0341, Election Code, as amended by this Act,
applies only to a contribution to a legislative caucus accepted on
or after September 1, 2001.  A contribution to a legislative caucus
accepted before September 1, 2001, 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.