By: Carona  S.B. No. 1142
         (In the Senate - Filed February 25, 2009; March 13, 2009,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 25, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; March 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority with whom campaign finance reports must
  be filed in connection with a judicial district office filled by the
  voters of only one county.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 254.066, 254.097, and 254.130, Election
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 254.066.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
  [(a)   Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] under this
  subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the
  candidate's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed.
         [(b)     A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
  a candidate for a judicial district office filled by voters of only
  one county shall also be filed with the county clerk.]
         Sec. 254.097.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED.  Reports
  [(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] under this
  subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom a campaign
  treasurer appointment by a candidate for the office held by the
  officeholder is required to be filed.
         [(b)     A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
  the holder of a judicial district office filled by voters of only
  one county shall also be filed with the county clerk.]
         Sec. 254.130.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
  [(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] filed under
  this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the
  political committee's campaign treasurer appointment is required
  to be filed.
         [(b)     A report required to be filed under this subchapter by
  a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate
  for or assisting a holder of a judicial district office filled by
  voters of only one county shall also be filed with the county
  clerk.]
         SECTION 2.  Sections 254.066, 254.097, and 254.130, Election
  Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to the filing of a report of
  political contributions and expenditures that is due on or after
  the effective date of this Act.  The filing of a report of political
  contributions and expenditures that is due before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  report is due, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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