1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to contributions for the governor for a day or speaker's
 1-3     reunion day ceremony.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 303.003(c), Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  Contributions from a contributor to the speaker's
 1-8     reunion day ceremony may not exceed an aggregate of $500 [$100]
 1-9     cash or an aggregate value of more than $500 [$100].
1-10           SECTION 2. Section 303.005, Government Code, is amended by
1-11     amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (c)  If each obligation has been paid at the end of the
1-14     60-day period and there is an outstanding balance, the chairman
1-15     shall:
1-16                 (1)  distribute the balance to one or more charities
1-17     designated by the president pro tempore or speaker; or
1-18                 (2)  retain the balance in an account established for
1-19     that purpose in the name of the office of the president pro tempore
1-20     or speaker, as appropriate.
1-21           (d)  If the outstanding balance is retained under Subsection
1-22     (c)(2), the account balance shall be combined with contributions
1-23     received for the succeeding governor for a day or speaker's reunion
1-24     day ceremony, as appropriate, and may be spent only for the
 2-1     purposes provided by Section 303.004.
 2-2           (e)  The reports required by this chapter are public
 2-3     information.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-5     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-6     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-7     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-8     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2147 was passed by the House on April
         11, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2147 was passed by the Senate on May
         15, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor