Amend CSHB 1606 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  Between Sections 2.22 and 2.23 of the bill (Senate 
committee report, page 20, between lines 17 and 18), insert the 
following new section, appropriately numbered:
	SECTION 2.____.  Section 255.001, Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 255.001.  REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL 
ADVERTISING.  (a)  A person may not knowingly cause to be published, 
distributed [enter into a contract or other agreement to print, 
publish], or broadcast political advertising that expressly 
advocates the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or the 
passage or defeat of a measure and that does not indicate in the 
advertising:
		(1)  that it is political advertising; and                             
		(2)  the full name of:                                                 
			(A)  the person who paid for the political 
advertising;             
			(B)  the political committee authorizing the 
political advertising; or
			(C)  the candidate or specific-purpose committee 
supporting the candidate, if the political advertising is 
authorized by the candidate [either the individual who personally 
entered into the contract or agreement with the printer, publisher, 
or broadcaster or the person that individual represents; and
		[(3)  in the case of advertising that is printed or 
published, the address of either the individual who personally 
entered into the agreement with the printer or publisher or the 
person that individual represents].
	(b)  Political advertising that is authorized by a 
candidate, an agent of a candidate, or a political committee filing 
reports under this title is considered to expressly advocate the 
nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or the passage or 
defeat of a measure.
	(c)  A person may not knowingly use, cause or permit to be 
used, or continue to use any published, distributed, or broadcast 
political advertising that expressly advocates the nomination, 
election, or defeat of a candidate or the passage or defeat of a 
measure and that the person knows does not include the disclosure 
required by Subsection (a).  A person is presumed to know that the 
use of political advertising is prohibited by this subsection if 
the commission notifies the person in writing that the use is 
prohibited.  A person who learns that political advertising signs, 
as defined by Section 255.007, that have been distributed do not 
include the disclosure required by Subsection (a) or include a 
disclosure that does not comply with Subsection (a) does not commit 
a continuing violation of this subsection if the person makes a good 
faith attempt to remove or correct those signs.  A person who learns 
that printed political advertising other than a political 
advertising sign that has been distributed does not include the 
disclosure required by Subsection (a) or includes a disclosure that 
does not comply with Subsection (a) is not required to attempt to 
recover the political advertising and does not commit a continuing 
violation of this subsection as to any previously distributed 
political advertising.
	(d)  This section does not apply to:                             
		(1)  tickets or invitations to political fund-raising 
events; 
		(2)  [or to] campaign buttons, pins, hats, or similar 
campaign materials; or
		(3)  circulars or flyers that cost in the aggregate 
less than $500 to publish and distribute.
	(e) [(c)]  A person who violates this section is liable to 
the state for a civil penalty in an amount determined by the 
commission not to exceed $4,000 [commits an offense. An offense 
under this section is a Class A misdemeanor].
	(2)  Immediately following Section 2.26(c) of the bill 
(Senate committee report, page 20, between lines 60 and 61), insert 
the following:
	(d)  Section 255.001, Election Code, as amended by this Act, 
applies only to political advertising that is published, 
distributed, or broadcast on or after September 1, 2003.  Political 
advertising that is published, distributed, or broadcast before 
September 1, 2003, is governed by the law in effect on the date the 
political advertising is published, distributed, or broadcast, and 
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	(3)  Renumber the sections of Article 2 of the bill 
accordingly.