79R6225 ATP-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 3148
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to civil liability for violations of law involving the
making, acceptance, or reporting of political contributions and
expenditures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 253.131, 253.132, and 253.133, Election
Code, and Subchapter I, Chapter 254, Election Code, are repealed.
SECTION 2. The repeal by this Act of Sections 253.131,
253.132, and 253.133, Election Code, and Subchapter I, Chapter 254,
Election Code, applies only to an action filed on or after September
1, 2005. An action filed under Section 253.131, 253.132, or
253.133, Election Code, or Subchapter I, Chapter 254, Election
Code, before September 1, 2005, is governed by the law in effect on
the date the action was filed, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.