Bill Text: TX HB3054 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disclosures for certain political advertising.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Elections [HB3054 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3054-Introduced.html
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By: Pena | H.B. No. 3054 |
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relating to disclosures for certain political advertising. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 255.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person may not knowingly cause to be posted on an | ||
Internet website, published, distributed, or broadcast political | ||
advertising containing express advocacy that does not indicate in | ||
the advertising: | ||
(1) that it is political advertising; and | ||
(2) the full name of: | ||
(A) the person who paid for the political | ||
advertising; | ||
(B) the political committee authorizing the | ||
political advertising; or | ||
(C) the candidate or specific-purpose committee | ||
supporting the candidate, if the political advertising is | ||
authorized by the candidate. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 255.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 255.009. CERTAIN PAYMENTS CONSIDERED PAYMENTS FOR | ||
POLITICAL ADVERTISING. (a) This section applies to a payment made: | ||
(1) by a person who has paid for or authorized the | ||
posting on an Internet website of political advertising; | ||
(2) to the person who posted the advertising; and | ||
(3) within one year of the posting. | ||
(b) A payment described by this section made for any | ||
service, regardless of whether that service is related to political | ||
advertising: | ||
(1) is considered to be payment for that advertising; | ||
and | ||
(2) must be reported as an expenditure under this | ||
title, if the reporting of a payment for the advertising would be | ||
otherwise required by this title. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |