By: Vasut H.B. No. 111
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to filing of campaign treasurer appointments and campaign
  finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 252, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Sections 252.005 and 252.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 252.005.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED:
  CANDIDATE. An individual must file a campaign treasurer
  appointment for the individual's own candidacy with the
  commission[:
               (1)  the commission, if the appointment is made for
  candidacy for:
                     (A)  a statewide office;
                     (B)  a district office filled by voters of more
  than one county;
                     (C)  a judicial district office filled by voters
  of only one county;
                     (D)  state senator;
                     (E)  state representative; or
                     (F)  the State Board of Education;
               (2)  the county clerk, if the appointment is made for
  candidacy for a county office, a precinct office, or a district
  office other than one included in Subdivision (1);
               (3)  the clerk or secretary of the governing body of the
  political subdivision or, if the political subdivision has no clerk
  or secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer, if the
  appointment is made for candidacy for an office of a political
  subdivision other than a county;
               (4)  the county clerk if:
                     (A)  the appointment is made for candidacy for an
  office of a political subdivision other than a county;
                     (B)  the governing body for the political
  subdivision has not been formed; and
                     (C)  no boundary of the political subdivision
  crosses a boundary of the county; or
               (5)  the commission if:
                     (A)  the appointment is made for candidacy for an
  office of a political subdivision other than a county;
                     (B)  the governing body for the political
  subdivision has not been formed; and
                     (C)  the political subdivision is situated in more
  than one county].
         Sec. 252.007.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED:
  SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING MEASURE. A
  specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a measure
  must file its campaign treasurer appointment with the commission[:
               (1)  the commission, if the measure is to be submitted
  to voters of the entire state;
               (2)  the county clerk, if the measure is to be submitted
  to voters of a single county in an election ordered by a county
  authority;
               (3)  the secretary of the governing body of the
  political subdivision or, if the political subdivision has no
  secretary, with the governing body's presiding officer, if the
  measure is to be submitted at an election ordered by an authority of
  a political subdivision other than a county;
               (4)  the county clerk if:
                     (A)  the measure concerns a political subdivision
  other than a county;
                     (B)  the governing body for the political
  subdivision has not been formed; and
                     (C)  no boundary of the political subdivision
  crosses a boundary of a county; or
               (5)  the commission if:
                     (A)  the measure concerns a political subdivision
  other than a county;
                     (B)  the governing body for the political
  subdivision has not been formed; and
                     (C)  the political subdivision is situated in more
  than one county].
         SECTION 2.  Section 252.008, Election Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  Section 254.006, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.066.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
  under this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [the
  authority with whom the candidate's campaign treasurer appointment
  is required to be filed].
         SECTION 4.  Section 254.097, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.097.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
  under this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [the
  authority with whom a campaign treasurer appointment by a candidate
  for the office held by the officeholder is required to be filed].
         SECTION 5.  Section 254.130, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.130.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports
  [(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports] filed under
  this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [authority with
  whom the political committee's campaign treasurer appointment is
  required to be filed.
         (b)  A specific-purpose committee created to support or
  oppose a measure on the issuance of bonds by a school district shall
  file reports under this subchapter with the commission].
         SECTION 6.  Section 254.202, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.202.  FILING OF REPORT; CONTENTS. (a) A person
  shall file the report required by Section 254.201 not earlier than
  January 1 or later than January 15 of each year following the year
  in which the person files a final report under this chapter.
         (b)  The report shall be filed with the commission [authority
  with whom the person's campaign treasurer appointment was required
  to be filed].
         (c)  The report must include:
               (1)  the person's full name and address;
               (2)  the full name and address of each person to whom a
  payment from unexpended political contributions was made during the
  previous year;
               (3)  the date, amount, and purpose of each payment made
  under Subdivision (2);
               (4)  the total amount of unexpended political
  contributions as of December 31 of the previous year; and
               (5)  the total amount of interest and other income
  earned on unexpended political contributions during the previous
  year.
         SECTION 7.  Section 254.205, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 254.205.  REPORT OF DISPOSITION OF UNEXPENDED
  CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the
  six-year period prescribed by Section 254.203 ends, the person
  required to dispose of unexpended political contributions shall
  file a report of the disposition.
         (b)  The report shall be filed with the commission [authority
  with whom the person's campaign treasurer appointment was required
  to be filed].
         (c)  The report must include:
               (1)  the person's full name and address;
               (2)  the full name and address of each person to whom a
  payment from unexpended political contributions is made; and
               (3)  the date and amount of each payment reported under
  Subdivision (2).
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2023.