Bill Text: TX HB1004 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to General Investigating & Ethics [HB1004 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1004-Introduced.html
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By: Cain | H.B. No. 1004 |
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relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual | ||
materials in political advertising. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 306.005, Government Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 306.006(a) and (g), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person may not use audio or visual materials produced | ||
by or under the direction of the legislature or of a house, | ||
committee, or agency of the legislature for a commercial purpose | ||
unless the legislative entity that produced the audio or visual | ||
materials or under whose direction the audio or visual materials | ||
were produced gives its permission for the person's commercial use | ||
and: | ||
(1) the person uses the audio or visual materials only | ||
for educational or public affairs programming, including news | ||
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(2) the person transmits an unedited feed of the audio | ||
or visual materials: | ||
(A) to paid subscribers; or | ||
(B) on an Internet website that is accessible to | ||
the public. | ||
(g) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commercial purpose" means a purpose that is | ||
intended to result in a profit or other tangible benefit. | ||
(2) "Visual materials" means photographic, video, or | ||
other material containing a still or moving recorded image or | ||
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |