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Amend SB 505 (Senate committee printing) on third reading as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 305.029(a), Government Code (page 1, lines 25-26), strike ""political contribution" has the meaning" and substitute ""political contribution," "political committee," and "political expenditure" have the meanings".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 305.029(b), Government Code (page 1, lines 27-32), 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 2 of the bill, strike "a political contribution, political expenditure, or lobbying expenditure" (page 1, lines 34 and 35) and substitute "an expenditure".