79R4834 ATP-D

By:  Hughes                                                       H.B. No. 1647



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of a campaign treasurer and the filing 
of reports by a political party's county executive committee that 
accepts or makes a certain amount of political contributions or 
expenditures.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 253.031(d), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  This section does not apply to a political party's 
county executive committee that accepts political contributions or 
makes political expenditures, except that:
		(1)  a county executive committee that accepts 
political contributions or makes political expenditures shall 
maintain the records required by Section 254.001; and
		(2)  a county executive committee that accepts 
political contributions or makes political expenditures that, in 
the aggregate, exceed $25,000 [$5,000] in a calendar year shall 
file:
			(A)  a campaign treasurer appointment as required 
by Section 252.001 not later than the 15th day after the date that 
amount is exceeded; and
			(B)  the reports required by Subchapter F, Chapter 
254, including in the political committee's first report all 
political contributions accepted and all political expenditures 
made before the effective date of the campaign treasurer 
appointment.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.