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Amend HB 3372 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill by striking added Sections 254.044(a)(2) and (b), Election Code (page 1, lines 37 through 49), and substituting the following:
(2) for a political contribution for which a processing fee is paid by the person making the political contribution in excess of the political contribution amount, report as a political contribution the full amount, including the amount paid in excess of the political contribution amount.
(b) The commission may not require a candidate or officeholder who accepts a political contribution described by Subsection (a)(2) to report as a political expenditure the excess amount paid as a processing fee by the person making the political contribution.