82R1744 CAE-D
 
  By: Jackson H.B. No. 306
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a disclosure on advertisements made by a
  general-purpose committee of certain political contributions made
  to the committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding
  Section 255.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 255.010.  DISCLOSURE BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE. A
  general-purpose committee may not knowingly publish, distribute,
  or broadcast a political advertisement containing express advocacy
  that does not disclose in the advertising the identity of any person
  who has made political contributions to the general-purpose
  committee that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The disclosure
  must include:
               (1)  the name of the person who made the contributions;
               (2)  the city and state in which the person making the
  contributions resides;
               (3)  the principal occupation of the person making the
  contributions; and
               (4)  the amount of the contributions.
         SECTION 2.  Section 255.010, Election Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to an advertisement that is published,
  distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee on or
  after September 1, 2011. An advertisement that is published,
  distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee before
  September 1, 2011, is governed by the law in effect immediately
  before September 1, 2011, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.