1-1     By:  Uher (Senate Sponsor - Cain)                     H.B. No. 2147
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2001;
 1-3     April 18, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Administration; May 4, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to contributions for the governor for a day or speaker's
 1-9     reunion day ceremony.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 303.003(c), Government Code, is amended to
1-12     read as follows:
1-13           (c)  Contributions from a contributor to the speaker's
1-14     reunion day ceremony may not exceed an aggregate of $500 [$100]
1-15     cash or an aggregate value of more than $500 [$100].
1-16           SECTION 2. Section 303.005, Government Code, is amended by
1-17     amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read
1-18     as follows:
1-19           (c)  If each obligation has been paid at the end of the
1-20     60-day period and there is an outstanding balance, the chairman
1-21     shall:
1-22                 (1)  distribute the balance to one or more charities
1-23     designated by the president pro tempore or speaker; or
1-24                 (2)  retain the balance in an account established for
1-25     that purpose in the name of the office of the president pro tempore
1-26     or speaker, as appropriate.
1-27           (d)  If the outstanding balance is retained under Subsection
1-28     (c)(2), the account balance shall be combined with contributions
1-29     received for the succeeding governor for a day or speaker's reunion
1-30     day ceremony, as appropriate, and may be spent only for the
1-31     purposes provided by Section 303.004.
1-32           (e)  The reports required by this chapter are public
1-33     information.
1-34           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-35     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-36     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-37     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-38     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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