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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permissible political expenditures by a corporation or |
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labor organization. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 253.100, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) A corporation or labor organization may not make |
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expenditures under this section for: |
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(1) political consulting to support or oppose a |
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candidate; |
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(2) telephoning or telephone banks to communicate with |
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the public; |
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(3) brochures and direct mail supporting or opposing a |
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candidate; |
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(4) partisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote |
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drives; |
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(5) [political fund-raising other than from its
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stockholders or members, as applicable, or the families of its
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stockholders or members;
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[(6)] voter identification efforts, voter lists, or |
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voter databases that include persons other than its stockholders or |
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members, as applicable, or the families of its stockholders or |
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members; |
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(6) [(7)] polling designed to support or oppose a |
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candidate other than of its stockholders or members, as applicable, |
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or the families of its stockholders or members; or |
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(7) [(8)] recruiting candidates. |
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(f) A corporation or labor organization may designate a |
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trade association or member organization as the recipient of |
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political expenditures to finance the establishment or |
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administration of a general-purpose committee. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a political expenditure made under Section 253.100, Election |
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Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A political expenditure made under Section 253.100, Election |
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Code, before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect at the time the expenditure is made, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |