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Amend SB 219 (introduced version) by adding the following appropriately numbered Section to Article 4 of the bill and renumbering subsequent sections of that article appropriately:
SECTION 4.____. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 255.009 to read as follows:
Sec. 255.009. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE ON CERTAIN ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. (a) In this section, "electioneering communication" means a communication that if taken as a whole and with limited reference to external events, such as the proximity to the election, could only be interpreted by a reasonable person as containing advocacy of the election or defeat of one or more clearly identified candidates or ballot measures.
(b) An electioneering communication made by a nonprofit corporation shall disclose in the communication the source of the funds used to pay for the communication.