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.