Amend CSHB 3396 by striking Sections 1 and 2, replacing it with the following and adding a Section 3
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 254.261, Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $100.00.
SECTION 2. Section 254.261(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person not acting in concert with another person who makes one or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from the person's own property that exceed $100 shall comply with this chapter as if the person were the campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee that does not file monthly reports under Section 254.155.
SECTION 3.
(e) The commission shall study strategies to streamline the direct campaign expenditure reporting process.
(f) Not later than September 1, 2016, the commission shall submit a detailed report of its findings and recommendations to the legislature.
(g) This section expires January 1, 2017.