By Uher H.B. No. 2147
77R7488 LJR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-11 read as follows:
1-12 (c) If each obligation has been paid at the end of the
1-13 60-day period and there is an outstanding balance, the chairman
1-14 shall retain [distribute] the balance in an account established for
1-15 that purpose in the name of the office of [to one or more charities
1-16 designated by] the president pro tempore or speaker, as
1-17 appropriate. The account balance shall be combined with
1-18 contributions received for the succeeding governor for a day or
1-19 speaker's reunion day ceremony, as appropriate, and may be spent
1-20 only for the purposes provided by Section 303.004.
1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.