Bill Text: TX HB163 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of political expenditures made by certain persons or entities before and during a special session of the legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-11 - Filed [HB163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB163-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 163 | |
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| relating to the reporting of political expenditures made by certain | ||
| persons or entities before and during a special session of the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 254.0391(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A statewide officeholder, a member of the legislature, | ||
| or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or | ||
| assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the legislature, or | ||
| a candidate for statewide office or the legislature or a | ||
| specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing the | ||
| candidate, that accepts a political contribution or makes a | ||
| political expenditure during the period beginning on the date the | ||
| governor signs the proclamation calling a special legislative | ||
| session and continuing through the date of final adjournment shall | ||
| report the contribution or expenditure to the commission not later | ||
| than the 30th day after the date of final adjournment. | ||
| (c) Each report required by this section must include, as | ||
| applicable: | ||
| (1) the amount of the political contribution, the full | ||
| name and address of the person making the contribution, and the date | ||
| of the contribution; and | ||
| (2) the amount of the political expenditure, the full | ||
| name and address of each person to whom the expenditure is made, and | ||
| the date and purpose of the expenditure. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a political expenditure made on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
