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Amend CSSB 219 (house committee printing), in ARTICLE 4 of the bill, by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to that ARTICLE and renumbering any subsequent SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 4.____. Subchapter J, Chapter 254, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 254.263 to read as follows:
Sec. 254.263. APPLICABILITY OF PRIVILEGE TO CERTAIN PERSONS MAKING DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES. The privilege established under Subchapter C, Chapter 22, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does not apply to:
(1) a person who is required to file a report under Section 254.261, controls a political committee or makes political expenditures described by Section 253.100(a);
(2) a person who is required to be disclosed on federal Internal Revenue Service Form 990 as an entity related to a person described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) a person who is an employee or contractor of, who acts under the control of, or who acts on behalf of a person described by Subdivision (1) or (2).