Amend the Geren Amendment to CSSB 219 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 1, strike "by adding a" and substituting "as follows:
(1) Insert the following".
(2) On page 1, strike lines 5-11 and substitute the following:
(e) Except as provided by other law, subsection (a) applies to a non-profit corporation subject to Chapter 22, Business Organizations Code, or the applicable law of another state, that makes a campaign expenditure in connection with an election under Chapter 302, Government Code.
(e-1) A non-profit corporation described by subsection (e) is required to disclose each contribution any part of which is used to make a direct campaign expenditure in the same manner as if the contribution was a political contribution made to a general-purpose committee that does not file monthly reports under Section 254.155.
(3) On page 1, line 16, strike "(e)" and substitute "(e-1)".
(4) On page 1, line 23, strike "(e)" and substitute "(e-1)".
(5) On page 1, line 28, strike "(e)" and substitute "(e-1)".
(6) On page 2, after line 2, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivisions:
(____) Insert the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____.____. Subchapter B, Chapter 302, Government Code, is amended by amending Section 302.011 and adding Section 302.0151 to read as follows:
Sec. 302.011. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Speaker candidate" means a member of or candidate for the house of representatives who has announced his candidacy for or who by his actions, words, or deeds seeks election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives.
(2) "Campaign expenditure" means the expenditure by a person, regardless of the person's status as a speaker candidate, of money, or that person's [the] use of services or any other thing of value to aid or defeat the election of a speaker candidate.
(3) "Campaign funds" means the speaker candidate's personal funds that are devoted to the campaign for speaker and any money, services, or other things of value that are contributed or loaned to a [the] speaker candidate or other person to aid or defeat the election of a [for use in the candidate's campaign for] speaker candidate.
Sec. 302.0151. FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS OTHER THAN SPEAKER CANDIDATES. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), Sections 302.012, 302.013, and 302.014 apply to a person, including a non-profit corporation subject to Chapter 22, Business Organizations Code, or the applicable law of another state, in the same manner as a speaker candidate if the person makes one or more expenditures, in the aggregate, exceeding $100 during any reporting period under Section 302.013(b).
(b) This section does not apply to a non-profit corporation that is organized or operated as a church.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(____) On page 60 of the bill, between line 9 and 10, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivisions:
(____) Section 302.017, Government Code;
(____) Section 302.019, Government Code;