1-1     By:  Denny (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)                  H.B. No. 407
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the reporting of certain political contributions made
 1-9     in connection with a statewide office.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 254.038(a), Election Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           (a)  In addition to other reports required by this chapter,
1-14     the following persons shall file additional reports during the
1-15     period beginning the ninth day before election day and ending at 12
1-16     noon on the second day before election day:
1-17                 (1)  a candidate for statewide office who has an
1-18     opponent whose name is to appear on the ballot and who accepts
1-19     political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
1-20     $1,000 during that reporting period;
1-21                 (2)  a candidate for state senator who has an opponent
1-22     whose name is to appear on the ballot and who accepts political
1-23     contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $1,000
1-24     during that reporting period;
1-25                 (3) [(2)]  a candidate for state representative who has
1-26     an opponent whose name is to appear on the ballot and who accepts
1-27     political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
1-28     $200 during that reporting period;
1-29                 (4)  a specific-purpose committee for supporting or
1-30     opposing a candidate for statewide office and that accepts
1-31     political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
1-32     $1,000 during that reporting period;
1-33                 (5) [(3)]  a specific-purpose committee for supporting
1-34     or opposing a candidate for state senator and that accepts
1-35     political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
1-36     $1,000 during that reporting period; and
1-37                 (6) [(4)]  a specific-purpose committee for supporting
1-38     or opposing a candidate for state representative and that accepts
1-39     political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed
1-40     $200 during that reporting period.
1-41           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-42           SECTION 3.  Section 254.038, Election Code, as amended by
1-43     this Act, applies only to the reporting of a political contribution
1-44     accepted on or after September 1, 2001.  The reporting of a
1-45     political contribution accepted before September 1, 2001, is
1-46     governed by the law in effect on the date the contribution is
1-47     accepted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-48     purpose.
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