88R9547 CJD-F
 
  By: Kacal H.B. No. 2145
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of electronic political contributions
  accepted by certain political committees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 254.031, Election Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, each
  report filed under this chapter must include:
               (1)  the amount of political contributions, other than
  political contributions described by Subdivision (1-a), from each
  person that in the aggregate exceed $50 and that are accepted during
  the reporting period by the person or committee required to file a
  report under this chapter, the full name and address of the person
  making the contributions, and the dates of the contributions;
               (1-a)  except as provided by Subsection (c), the amount
  of political contributions from each person that are made
  electronically and that are accepted during the reporting period by
  the person or committee required to file a report under this
  chapter, the full name and address of the person making the
  contributions, and the dates of the contributions;
               (2)  the amount of loans that are made during the
  reporting period for campaign or officeholder purposes to the
  person or committee required to file the report and that in the
  aggregate exceed $50, the dates the loans are made, the interest
  rate, the maturity date, the type of collateral for the loans, if
  any, the full name and address of the person or financial
  institution making the loans, the full name and address, principal
  occupation, and name of the employer of each guarantor of the loans,
  the amount of the loans guaranteed by each guarantor, and the
  aggregate principal amount of all outstanding loans as of the last
  day of the reporting period;
               (3)  the amount of political expenditures that in the
  aggregate exceed $100 and that are made during the reporting
  period, the full name and address of the persons to whom the
  expenditures are made, and the dates and purposes of the
  expenditures;
               (4)  the amount of each payment made during the
  reporting period from a political contribution if the payment is
  not a political expenditure, the full name and address of the person
  to whom the payment is made, and the date and purpose of the
  payment;
               (5)  the total amount or a specific listing of the
  political contributions of $50 or less accepted and the total
  amount or a specific listing of the political expenditures of $100
  or less made during the reporting period;
               (6)  the total amount of all political contributions
  accepted and the total amount of all political expenditures made
  during the reporting period;
               (7)  the name of each candidate or officeholder who
  benefits from a direct campaign expenditure made during the
  reporting period by the person or committee required to file the
  report, and the office sought or held, excluding a direct campaign
  expenditure that is made by the principal political committee of a
  political party on behalf of a slate of two or more nominees of that
  party;
               (8)  as of the last day of a reporting period for which
  the person is required to file a report, the total amount of
  political contributions accepted, including interest or other
  income on those contributions, maintained in one or more accounts
  in which political contributions are deposited as of the last day of
  the reporting period;
               (9)  any credit, interest, rebate, refund,
  reimbursement, or return of a deposit fee resulting from the use of
  a political contribution or an asset purchased with a political
  contribution that is received during the reporting period and the
  amount of which exceeds $100;
               (10)  any proceeds of the sale of an asset purchased
  with a political contribution that is received during the reporting
  period and the amount of which exceeds $100;
               (11)  any investment purchased with a political
  contribution that is received during the reporting period and the
  amount of which exceeds $100;
               (12)  any other gain from a political contribution that
  is received during the reporting period and the amount of which
  exceeds $100; and
               (13)  the full name and address of each person from whom
  an amount described by Subdivision (9), (10), (11), or (12) is
  received, the date the amount is received, and the purpose for which
  the amount is received.
         (c)  The reporting requirements under Subsection (a)(1-a) do
  not apply to a political committee established and administered by
  a nonprofit agricultural organization that is exempt from taxation
  under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an
  organization described by Section 501(c)(5) of that code.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a report under Chapter 254, Election Code, that is required to be
  filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A report under
  Chapter 254, Election Code, that is required to be filed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the report is required to be filed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.