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Amend SB 14 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 6.01 of the bill, in added Section 305.029(a), Government Code (page 7, lines 56-57), strike ""political contribution" has the meaning" and substitute ""political contribution," "political committee," and "political expenditure" have the meanings".
(2) In SECTION 6.01 of the bill, strike added Section 305.029(b), Government Code (page 7, lines 58-63), and substitute the following:
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person required to register under this chapter may not, before the second anniversary of the date the last term for which the person was elected ends, knowingly make or authorize, from political contributions accepted by the person as a candidate or officeholder, a political expenditure that is a political contribution to a candidate, officeholder, or political committee.
(3) In SECTION 7.01(c) of the bill, strike "a political contribution, political expenditure, or lobbying expenditure" (page 8, lines 22 and 23) and substitute "an expenditure".