78R4932 ATP-D


By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 999



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to electronic reporting of political contributions and 
expenditures.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 254.036(b), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection [(c),] (d), (e), (f), 
or (g), each report filed under this chapter with the commission 
must be filed by computer diskette, modem, or other means of 
electronic transfer, using computer software provided by the 
commission or computer software that meets commission 
specifications for a standard file format.
	SECTION 2.  Section 254.0401(b), Election Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the 
commission may not make a report filed with the commission under 
Section 254.036(b) for a reporting deadline by any candidate for a 
particular office or by a specific-purpose committee for supporting 
or opposing only one candidate for a particular office available to 
the public on the Internet until each candidate for that office and 
each specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing only one 
candidate for that office, other than a candidate or committee to 
which Section 254.036 [254.036(c) or] (d) applies, has filed a 
report for that reporting deadline.  Regardless of whether each 
candidate for a particular office and each specific-purpose 
committee for supporting or opposing only one candidate for that 
office has filed a report for a filing deadline, the commission 
shall make each report in connection with that office available on 
the Internet and by any other electronic means on:
		(1)  the 21st day after the date of the filing deadline, 
for a report other than a report required to be filed under Section 
254.064(c);  or
		(2)  the fourth day after the date of the filing 
deadline, for a report required to be filed under Section 
254.064(c).
	SECTION 3.  Section 254.036(c), Election Code, is repealed.                    
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a report filed under Chapter 254, Election Code, on 
or after that date.