By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 1761
         (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; March 26, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 0; April 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the filing of certain reports of political
  contributions and expenditures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 254.038(c), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A report under this section shall be filed
  electronically, by [telegram or] telephonic facsimile machine, or
  by hand, in the form required by Section 254.036.  The commission
  must receive a report under this section filed by [telegram,]
  telephonic facsimile machine[,] or hand not later than 5 p.m. of the
  first business day after the date the contribution is accepted.  The
  commission must receive a report under this section filed
  electronically not later than midnight of the first business day
  after the date the contribution is accepted. A report under this
  section is not required to be accompanied by the affidavit required
  under Section 254.036(h) or to be submitted on a form prescribed by
  the commission.  A report under this section that complies with
  Section 254.036(a) must be accompanied by an affidavit under
  Section 254.036(c)(1) unless the candidate or committee has
  submitted an affidavit under Section 254.036(c)(1) with another
  report filed in connection with the election for which a report is
  required under this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 254.039(a-1), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A report under this section shall be filed
  electronically, by [telegram or] telephonic facsimile machine, or
  by hand, in the form required by Section 254.036.  The commission
  must receive a report under this section not later than 5 p.m. of
  the first business day after the date the contribution is accepted
  or the expenditure is made.  A report under this section is not
  required to be accompanied by the affidavit required under Section
  254.036(h) or to be submitted on a form prescribed by the
  commission.  A report under this section that complies with Section
  254.036(a) must be accompanied by an affidavit under Section
  254.036(c)(1) unless the committee has submitted an affidavit under
  Section 254.036(c)(1) with another report filed in connection with
  the election for which a report is required under this section.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a report of political contributions and expenditures that is filed
  on or after the effective date of this Act. A report filed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at
  the time the report was filed, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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