Bill Text: TX HB769 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to legislative budget sessions in even-numbered years and to reports of political contributions accepted during a budget session.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-18 - Referred to Appropriations [HB769 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB769-Introduced.html

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83R2650 MAW-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 769

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to legislative budget sessions in even-numbered years and
to reports of political contributions accepted during a budget
session.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 301.001, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 301.001. TIME OF MEETING. (a) In each odd-numbered
year, the [The] legislature shall convene in regular session at 12
noon on the second Tuesday in January [of each odd-numbered year].
(b) In each even-numbered year, the legislature shall
convene in budget session at 12 noon on the third Tuesday in April.
SECTION 2. Section 317.003(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The governor or Legislative Budget Board may make a
proposal at any time except during a [regular or special] session of
the legislature. A proposal may apply to an appropriation that has
been made for any specified fiscal year that has not ended at the
time the proposal is made.
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 254.0391, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 254.0391. REPORT DURING BUDGET OR SPECIAL
[LEGISLATIVE] SESSION OF LEGISLATURE.
SECTION 4. Section 254.0391, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(a-1) A statewide officeholder, a member of the
legislature, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting,
opposing, or assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the
legislature, or a candidate for statewide office or the legislature
or a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing the
candidate, that accepts a political contribution during a budget
session of the legislature shall report the contribution to the
commission not later than the 30th day after the date of final
adjournment.
(d) A report is not required under this section if a person
covered by Subsection (a) or (a-1) is required to file another
report under this chapter not later than the 10th day after the date
a report required under this section would be due.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, providing for legislative budget sessions in
even-numbered years is approved by the voters. If that proposed
constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act
has no effect.