Amend CSHB 2511 by adding the following 
appropriately-numbered SECTIONS:   
	SECTION ____.  Section 251.002(a), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 251.002.  OFFICEHOLDERS COVERED.  (a)  The provisions 
of this title applicable to an officeholder apply only to a person 
who holds an elective public office [and to the secretary of state].
	SECTION ____.  Section 405.005, Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 405.005.  ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS;  
REPORTING;  AUDIT.  (a)  The secretary of state may accept or 
solicit gifts, grants, and donations of money or property from 
private persons, foundations, or organizations.  Property provided 
by those entities and money donated to the secretary of state become 
the property of the state and are under the control of the secretary 
of state.
	(a-1)  The secretary of state shall use gifts of money made 
to the secretary of state for the purpose specified by the grantor, 
if any.  All donations accepted shall be used [on behalf of the 
state] for any lawful public purpose related to the office or duties 
of the secretary of state, including an officeholder expenditure.  
As used in this section, "officeholder expenditure" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 251.001(9), Election Code.
	(b)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules to govern the 
secretary's acceptance of private gifts, grants, and donations to 
ensure that the use of the money or property supports the secretary 
of state's primary functions.  The secretary of state may decline to 
accept a gift, grant, or donation that is made for a specific 
purpose if the secretary of state determines the gift may not be 
used reasonably or economically for the designated purpose.
	(c)  Money and securities donated to the secretary of state 
shall be held in trust outside the treasury by the comptroller in a 
special fund to be known as the secretary of state extraordinary 
fund.  The comptroller shall manage and invest the fund on behalf of 
the secretary of state as directed or agreed to by the secretary of 
state.
	(d)  Interest, dividends, and other income of the fund shall 
be credited to the fund.
	(e)  The secretary of state by rule shall establish an 
acquisition policy for accepting property and art objects.
	(f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
financial transactions of the secretary of state made out of the 
fund are subject to annual audit by the state auditor.
	(g)  The secretary of state shall prepare annually a complete 
and detailed written report accounting for the fund showing all 
money received and disbursed by the secretary of state during the 
preceding fiscal year.  The annual report must meet the reporting 
requirements applicable to financial reporting provided in the 
General Appropriations Act.
	SECTION ____.  If, on the effective date of this Act, the 
secretary of state has an officeholder account established under 
Title 15, Election Code, the secretary of state shall terminate the 
account on the effective date of the Act and remit any unexpended 
contributions in that account to one or more of the following:
		(1)  the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the 
secretary of state extraordinary fund established by this Act;
		(2)  one or more persons from whom political 
contributions were received, in accordance with Section 
254.204(d), Election Code.