Amend CSHB 2511 by adding the following appropriately
numbered sections and renumbering the subsequent sections
appropriately.
SECTION ____. Section 253.035, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) "Personal use" includes the use of contributions to pay a
civil penalty imposed by the commission.
SECTION ____. Section 253.041(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A candidate or officeholder or a specific-purpose
committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or
officeholder may not knowingly make or authorize a payment from a
political contribution if the payment is made for personal services
rendered by the candidate, [or] officeholder, or a person related
to [by the spouse or dependent child of] the candidate or
officeholder within the third degree by consanguinity or the second
degree by affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573,
Government Code, to:
(1) the candidate, officeholder, or a person related to
the candidate or officeholder within the third degree by
consanguinity or the second degree by affinity, as determined under
Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code; or
(2) a business in which a person described by
Subdivision (1) [the candidate or officeholder] has a participating
interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing
body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business [; or
[(2) the candidate or officeholder or the spouse or
dependent child of the candidate or officeholder].