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By: Berman (Senate Sponsor - Williams) |
H.B. No. 27 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2007; |
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April 17, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 15, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; |
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May 15, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 27 |
By: Lucio |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of campaign finance reports with the Texas |
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Ethics Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 254.036, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A report filed with the commission that complies with |
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Subsection (a) or that is filed on computer diskette under |
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Subsection (b) must: |
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(1) be received by the commission by the filing |
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deadline; or |
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(2) be delivered by overnight delivery through: |
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(A) the United States mail; or |
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(B) a contract carrier. |
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SECTION 2. Section 254.036(b-1), Election Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the filing of a report under Chapter 254, |
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Election Code, that is due on or after September 1, 2007. A report |
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under Chapter 254, Election Code, that is due before September 1, |
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2007, may be filed as permitted by the law in effect on the date the |
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report is due, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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