By Madden                                             H.B. No. 2304
         77R6958 PAM-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to removing the requirement for duplicate political
 1-3     reporting for candidates for federal office.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 251.006, Election Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 251.006.  FEDERAL OFFICE EXCLUDED. This [(a)  Except as
 1-8     provided by Subsection (b), this] title does not apply to a
 1-9     candidate for an office of the federal government.
1-10           [(b)  A candidate for an elective office of the federal
1-11     government shall file with the commission a copy of each document
1-12     relating to the candidacy that is required to be filed under
1-13     federal law.  The document shall be filed within the same period in
1-14     which it is required to be filed under the federal law.]
1-15           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.