Bill Text: TX HB176 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to filing of campaign treasurer appointments and campaign finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Filed [HB176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB176-Introduced.html
By: Vasut | H.B. No. 176 |
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relating to filing of campaign treasurer appointments and campaign | ||
finance reports with the Texas Ethics Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 252, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Sections 252.005 and 252.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 252.005. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED: | ||
CANDIDATE. An individual must file a campaign treasurer | ||
appointment for the individual's own candidacy with the | ||
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Sec. 252.007. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED: | ||
SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING MEASURE. A | ||
specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a measure | ||
must file its campaign treasurer appointment with the commission[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 252.008, Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 254.006, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.066. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports | ||
under this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 254.097, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.097. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports | ||
under this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 254.130, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.130. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports | ||
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this subchapter shall be filed with the commission [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 254.202, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.202. FILING OF REPORT; CONTENTS. (a) A person | ||
shall file the report required by Section 254.201 not earlier than | ||
January 1 or later than January 15 of each year following the year | ||
in which the person files a final report under this chapter. | ||
(b) The report shall be filed with the commission [ |
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(c) The report must include: | ||
(1) the person's full name and address; | ||
(2) the full name and address of each person to whom a | ||
payment from unexpended political contributions was made during the | ||
previous year; | ||
(3) the date, amount, and purpose of each payment made | ||
under Subdivision (2); | ||
(4) the total amount of unexpended political | ||
contributions as of December 31 of the previous year; and | ||
(5) the total amount of interest and other income | ||
earned on unexpended political contributions during the previous | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 254.205, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.205. REPORT OF DISPOSITION OF UNEXPENDED | ||
CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the | ||
six-year period prescribed by Section 254.203 ends, the person | ||
required to dispose of unexpended political contributions shall | ||
file a report of the disposition. | ||
(b) The report shall be filed with the commission [ |
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(c) The report must include: | ||
(1) the person's full name and address; | ||
(2) the full name and address of each person to whom a | ||
payment from unexpended political contributions is made; and | ||
(3) the date and amount of each payment reported under | ||
Subdivision (2). | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect January 1, 2023. |