BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 1647
79R4834 ATP-D By: Hughes (Fraser)
AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Currently, the county executive committee of a political party that makes or accepts political contributions that, in the aggregate, exceed $5,000 in a calendar year, is required to appoint a campaign treasurer and file disclosure reports on contributions and expenditures. Increasing the $5,000 could can ease the burden on small county executive committees.
H.B. 1647 increases the expenditure threshold for a required appointment of a campaign treasurer from $5,000 to $25,000 for political party county executive committees.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 253.031(d), Election Code, to provide that this section does not apply to a political party's county executive committee that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures, except that a county executive committee that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed $25,000, rather than $5,000, in a calendar year must file a certain campaign treasurer appointment and certain reports.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2005.