Amend CSSB 244 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, lines
20-22), strike "last day on which the governor may veto a bill
enacted during the regular legislative session [day of final
adjournment]" and substitute "day of final adjournment".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, between amended Subsections
(a) and (b), Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing,
page 1, between lines 28 and 29), insert the following:
(b) During the period beginning on the day after a regular
legislative session adjourns and continuing through the last day on
which the governor may veto a bill enacted during the regular
legislative session, a person may not knowingly make a political
contribution to:
(1) the governor;
(2) a member of the legislature; or
(3) a specific-purpose committee for supporting,
opposing, or assisting the governor or a member of the legislature.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (b),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
29), strike "(b)" and substitute "(c)".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, between amended Subsections
(b) and (c), Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing,
page 1, between lines 34 and 35), insert the following:
(d) The governor, a member of the legislature, or a
specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting
the governor or a member of the legislature may not knowingly accept
a political contribution, and shall refuse a political contribution
that is received, during the period prescribed by Subsection (b).
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (c),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
35), strike "(c)" and substitute "(e)".
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (c),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
36), between "(a)" and "shall", insert "or (b)".
(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (c),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
39), between "(a)" and "if", insert "or (b)".
(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (d),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
45), strike "(d)" and substitute "(f)".
(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subdivision (1),
Subsection (d), Section 253.034, Election Code (committee
printing, page 1, line 49), between "(a)" and "in", insert "or (b)".
(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (e),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 1, line
61), strike "(e)" and substitute "(g)".
(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, between amended Subsections
(e) and (f), Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing,
between page 1, line 63, and page 2, line 1), insert the following:
(h) Subsections (b) and (d) apply to a political
contribution to a member of the legislature or a specific-purpose
committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a member of the
legislature only if the legislature is meeting in special session
during the period prescribed by Subsection (b).
(12) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (f),
Section 253.034, Election Code (committee printing, page 2, line
1), strike "(f)" and substitute "(i)".