Amend CSSB 511 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 13.009, Election Code, as follows:

(1)  In added Section 13.009(a), Election Code (page 1, lines 32 and 33) between "may not" and "distribute", insert ", while engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's or employee's duties,".

(2)  In added Section 13.009(b), Election Code (page 1, lines 36 and 37), strike "use public funds to facilitate the distribution by another person of" and substitute "enter into a contract with a third-party vendor permitting the use of public funds to distribute".

(3)  In added Section 13.009(c), Election Code (page 1, line 39), between "political party" and "or a", insert ", an elected official,".

(4)  In added Section 13.009(e), Election Code (page 1, line 45), between "is a" and "Class A", insert "Class C misdemeanor, unless the officer or employee violated Subsection (b), in which event the offense is a".