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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting of certain direct campaign expenditures. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sec. 254.261, Election Code, is amended as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $100 |
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$1000. (a) A person not acting in concert with another person who |
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makes one or more direct campaign expenditures in an election from |
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the person's own property exceeding $1000 shall comply with this |
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chapter as if the person were the campaign treasurer of a |
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general-purpose committee that does not file monthly reports under |
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Section 254.155. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |