Amend CSSB 219 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to ARTICLE 4 of the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 4 accordingly:
SECTION 4.____. Section 257.003, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(a) A political party that accepts contributions authorized by Section 253.104 shall report all contributions and expenditures made to and from the account required by Section 257.002, except as provided by Subsection (e).
(e) A county executive committee of a political party is not required to file a report under this section if the committee:
(1) has less than $250 in one or more accounts maintained by the committee in which contributions authorized by Section 253.104 are deposited, as of the last day of the preceding reporting period;
(2) has not accepted any contributions authorized by Section 253.104 during the reporting period to be covered by the report; and
(3) has not made an expenditure from contributions authorized by Section 253.104 during the reporting period to be covered by the report.