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Amend CSHB 2499 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:

SECTION ____. Section 2155.003, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:

(e) The comptroller must report to the Texas Ethics Commission a campaign contribution from a vendor that bids on or receives a contract under the comptroller's purchasing authority, including authority under this subtitle.

(f) In this section, "campaign contribution" and "specific-purpose committee" have the meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.

(g) For purposes of Subsection (e), a campaign contribution to a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of supporting a candidate for comptroller, opposing the candidate's opponent, or assisting the comptroller is considered to be a campaign contribution to the comptroller.

SECTION ____. Section 2155.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a campaign contribution made on or after the effective date of this Act. A campaign contribution made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the contribution was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.