Amend CSSB 1 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  (a) If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, becomes law and is effective before the effective date of this Act, Section 571.123(b), Government Code, as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  After a complaint is filed, the commission shall immediately attempt to contact and notify the respondent of the complaint by telephone or electronic mail.  Not later than the fifth business day after the date a complaint is filed, the commission shall send written notice to the complainant and the respondent.  The written notice to the complainant and the respondent must:

(1)  state whether the complaint complies with the form requirements of Section 571.122;

(2)  if the respondent is a candidate or officeholder, state the procedure by which the respondent may designate an agent with whom commission staff may discuss the complaint; and

(3)  if applicable, include the information required by Section 571.124(e)[; and

[(4)     if applicable, state that the respondent has 14 business days to correct the report that is the basis of the complaint, as provided by Section 254.0406, Election Code].

(b)  If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, becomes law and is effective before the effective date of this Act, Section 571.124(a), Government Code, as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  The [Except as provided by Subsection (g), the] commission staff shall promptly conduct a preliminary review on receipt of a written complaint that is in compliance with the form requirements of Section 571.122.

(c)  If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, becomes law and is effective before the effective date of this Act, the following provisions, as effective September 1, 2011, are repealed:

(1)  Section 254.0406, Election Code;

(2)  Section 571.1223, Government Code; and

(3)  Section 571.124(g), Government Code.

(d)  If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, becomes law but is not effective before the effective date of this Act, Section 571.123(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  After a complaint is filed, the commission shall immediately attempt to contact and notify the respondent of the complaint by telephone or electronic mail.  Not later than the fifth business day after the date a complaint is filed, the commission shall send written notice to the complainant and the respondent.  The written notice to the complainant and the respondent must:

(1)  state whether the complaint complies with the form requirements of Section 571.122;

(2)  if the respondent is a candidate or officeholder, state the procedure by which the respondent may designate an agent with whom commission staff may discuss the complaint; and

(3) [(2)]  if applicable, include the information required by Section 571.124(e).

(e)  If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, becomes law but is not effective before the effective date of this Act, Sections 3, 7, and 10 of that Act have no effect.

(f)  If HB 1616, Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, does not become law, this section has no effect.