Bill Text: TX HB2471 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting political contributions and political expenditures made by certain persons with public funds; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - Placed on intent calendar [HB2471 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2471-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Davis of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 2471 | |
| (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) | ||
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; | ||
| May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
| Affairs; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to prohibiting political contributions and political | ||
| expenditures made by certain persons with public funds; creating a | ||
| criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 253.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 253.007. UNLAWFUL USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR | ||
| CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES. (a) An officer or employee of a | ||
| political subdivision may not spend or authorize the spending of | ||
| public funds to make a political contribution or a political | ||
| expenditure. | ||
| (b) An officer or employee of a political subdivision may | ||
| not directly or indirectly employ a person to use public funds to | ||
| make an unlawful political contribution or political expenditure. | ||
| (c) A person who violates Subsection (a) or (b) commits an | ||
| offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 253.007, Election Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a political contribution or a political | ||
| expenditure made on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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