Bill Text: TX HB1999 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to contributions and expenditures of and contribution and expenditure reports filed by specific-purpose political committees; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-30 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1999 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1999-Introduced.html
83R7568 CAE-D | ||
By: Turner of Tarrant | H.B. No. 1999 |
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relating to contributions and expenditures of and contribution and | ||
expenditure reports filed by specific-purpose political | ||
committees; providing civil and criminal penalties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 253.037, Election Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 253.037. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE | ||
BY POLITICAL [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 253.037(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A political [ |
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knowingly make or authorize a political contribution or political | ||
expenditure unless the committee has: | ||
(1) filed its campaign treasurer appointment not later | ||
than the 60th day before the date the contribution or expenditure is | ||
made; and | ||
(2) accepted political contributions from at least 10 | ||
persons. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 254, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 254.1241 through 254.1244 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 254.1241. OPTION TO FILE MONTHLY; NOTICE. (a) As an | ||
alternative to filing reports under Sections 254.123 and 254.124, a | ||
specific-purpose committee may file monthly reports. | ||
(b) To be entitled to file monthly reports, the committee | ||
must deliver written notice of the committee's intent to file | ||
monthly to the authority with whom the committee's reports are | ||
required to be filed under this subchapter not earlier than January | ||
1 or later than January 15 of the year in which the committee | ||
intends to file monthly. The notice for a committee formed after | ||
January 15 must be delivered at the time the committee's campaign | ||
treasurer appointment is filed. | ||
(c) A committee that files monthly reports may revert to the | ||
regular filing schedule prescribed by Sections 254.123 and 254.124 | ||
by delivering written notice of the committee's intent not earlier | ||
than January 1 or later than January 15 of the year in which the | ||
committee intends to revert to the regular reporting schedule. The | ||
notice must include a report of all political contributions | ||
accepted and all political expenditures made that were not | ||
previously reported. | ||
Sec. 254.1242. CONTENTS OF MONTHLY REPORTS. Each monthly | ||
report filed under this subchapter must comply with Sections | ||
254.031 and 254.121 except that the maximum amount of a political | ||
contribution, expenditure, or loan that is not required to be | ||
individually reported is $10 in the aggregate. | ||
Sec. 254.1243. MONTHLY REPORTING SCHEDULE. (a) The | ||
campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee filing monthly | ||
reports shall file a report not later than the fifth day of the | ||
month following the period covered by the report. A report covering | ||
the month preceding an election in which the committee is involved | ||
must be received by the authority with whom the report is required | ||
to be filed not later than the fifth day of the month following the | ||
period covered by the report. | ||
(b) A monthly report covers the period beginning the 26th | ||
day of each month and continuing through the 25th day of the | ||
following month, except that the period covered by the first report | ||
begins January 1 and continues through January 25. | ||
Sec. 254.1244. EXCEPTION TO MONTHLY REPORTING SCHEDULE. If | ||
the campaign treasurer appointment of a specific-purpose committee | ||
filing monthly reports is filed after January 1 of the year in which | ||
monthly reports are filed, the period covered by the first monthly | ||
report begins the day the appointment is filed and continues | ||
through the 25th day of the month in which the appointment is filed | ||
unless the appointment is filed the 25th or a succeeding day of the | ||
month. In that case, the period continues through the 25th day of | ||
the month following the month in which the appointment is filed. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 253.037(a), Election Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a political contribution or political | ||
expenditure made on or after September 1, 2013. A contribution or | ||
expenditure made before September 1, 2013, is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the contribution or expenditure was made, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by Sections 254.1241 | ||
through 254.1244, Election Code, as added by this Act, apply only to | ||
a report of political contributions and expenditures that is | ||
required to be filed on or after September 1, 2013. A report of | ||
contributions and expenditures that is required to be filed before | ||
September 1, 2013, 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |