Amend HB 1585 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 305.027(e), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(e)  In this section, "legislative advertising":

(1)  means a communication that supports, opposes, or proposes legislation and that:

(A) [(1)]  in return for consideration, is published in a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical or is broadcast by radio or television; or

(B) [(2)]  appears in a pamphlet, circular, flier, billboard or other sign, bumper sticker, button, or similar form of written communication; and

(2)  does not include an individual communication made by e-mail or text message but does include a mass e-mail or text message that involves an expenditure of funds beyond the basic cost of hardware messaging software and bandwidth.