By Farabee H.B. No. 1496 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1496: By Madden C.S.H.B. No. 1496 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the name of political committees for supporting a 1-3 candidate or assisting an officeholder. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 252.0031, Election Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the name of a 1-8 specific-purpose committee for supporting a candidate or assisting 1-9 an officeholder may not include the name of the candidate or 1-10 officeholder the committee supports or assists unless the candidate 1-11 or officeholder in writing authorizes the committee to include the 1-12 candidate's or officeholder's name. The authorization must be 1-13 filed with the committee's campaign treasurer appointment. 1-14 (d) A candidate or officeholder is entitled to an injunction 1-15 against a specific-purpose committee that violates Subsection (c). 1-16 A candidate or officeholder who obtains an injunction under this 1-17 subsection is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees incurred in 1-18 obtaining the injunction. The remedy provided by this subsection 1-19 is in addition to any penalty imposed by the commission. 1-20 SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2001, each 1-21 specific-purpose committee for supporting a candidate or assisting 1-22 an officeholder whose name includes the name of the candidate or 1-23 officeholder shall file with the authority with whom the 1-24 committee's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed: 2-1 (1) a written authorization from the candidate or 2-2 officeholder for the use of the candidate's or officeholder's name, 2-3 as required by Section 252.0031(c), Election Code, as added by this 2-4 Act; or 2-5 (2) an amended campaign treasurer appointment 2-6 indicating a new name for the committee that does not include the 2-7 name of the candidate or officeholder. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.