79R7245 ESH-D

By:  Harris                                                       S.B. No. 1161



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to corrected reports, registrations, and statements filed 
with the Texas Ethics Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 571.0771, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), a report does not 
substantially comply with the applicable law if it contains an 
error other than one of the following errors:
		(1)  an obvious typographical error;                                   
		(2)  the omission of information required for the 
commission's administrative purposes;
		(3)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
contribution or an unreported contribution, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported contributions does not exceed:
			(A)  10 percent of the total contributions 
reported on the corrected report; or
			(B)  $10,000;                                                         
		(4)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
contribution or an unreported contribution, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported contributions does not exceed 
$2,000;
		(5)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
expenditure or an unreported expenditure, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported expenditures does not exceed:
			(A)  10 percent of the total expenditures reported 
on the corrected report; or
			(B)  $10,000;                                                         
		(6)  one or more instances of an incorrectly reported 
expenditure or an unreported expenditure, if the total of 
incorrectly reported or unreported expenditures does not exceed 
$2,000;
		(7)  an error in the amount reported under Section 
254.031(a)(8), Election Code, if the correct amount does not:
			(A)  vary by more than 10 percent from the amount 
originally reported; or
			(B)  exceed $10,000;                                                  
		(8)  an error in the amount reported under Section 
254.031(a)(8), Election Code, if the error in the amount originally 
reported does not exceed $2,000; or
		(9)  a reporting error that the commission determines 
is, in context, minor.
	SECTION 2.  Section 571.0771(b-1), Government Code, as added 
by this Act, applies only to a report, registration, or statement 
required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission that is due on 
or after September 1, 2005. A report, registration, or statement 
required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission that is due 
before September 1, 2005, is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the report, registration, or statement is due, and the former 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.