Bill Text: TX HB3093 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the amendment of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB3093 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3093-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3093 |
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relating to the amendment of certain reports of political | ||
contributions and expenditures. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 254, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 254.0405 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 254.0405. AMENDMENT OF FILED REPORT. (a) A person who | ||
files a semiannual report under this chapter may amend the report. | ||
(b) A semiannual report that is amended before the eighth | ||
day after the date the original report was filed is considered to | ||
have been filed on the date on which the original report was filed. | ||
(c) A semiannual report that is amended on or after the | ||
eighth day after the original report was filed is considered to have | ||
been filed on the date on which the original report was filed if: | ||
(1) the amendment is made before any complaint is | ||
filed with regard to the subject of the amendment; and | ||
(2) the original report was made in good faith and | ||
without an intent to mislead or to misrepresent the information | ||
contained in the report. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 254.041, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) It is an exception to the application of Subsection | ||
(a)(3) that: | ||
(1) the information was required to be included in a | ||
semiannual report; and | ||
(2) the person amended the report within the time | ||
prescribed by Section 254.0405(b) or under the circumstances | ||
described by Section 254.0405(c). | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
254.041, Election Code, applies only to an offense committed on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, | ||
an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any | ||
element of the offense occurs before the effective date. An offense | ||
committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the | ||
law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3093 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3093 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |