Bill Text: TX HB854 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to address information contained on reports of political contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by the Texas Ethics Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-12 - Corrected comm. rept. sent to Local & Consent [HB854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB854-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Swanson, et al. | H.B. No. 854 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 854: | |||
| By: Guillen | C.S.H.B. No. 854 | ||
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| relating to address information contained on reports of political | ||
| contributions and expenditures made available on the Internet by | ||
| the Texas Ethics Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 254.036, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) In prescribing the format of a report filed with the | ||
| commission under Subsection (b), the commission shall ensure the | ||
| report includes a space to indicate whether the address of an | ||
| individual listed as having received a political expenditure is a | ||
| residence address. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (e) Before making a report filed under Section 254.036(b) | ||
| available on the Internet, the commission shall remove each | ||
| portion, other than city, state, and zip code, of: | ||
| (1) the address of a person listed as having made a | ||
| political contribution to the person filing the report; and | ||
| (2) the residence address of an individual listed as | ||
| having received a political expenditure if the individual's address | ||
| is indicated in the space described by Section 254.036(b-1) as | ||
| being a residence address. | ||
| (e-1) The address information the commission removes under | ||
| Subsection (e) [ |
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| maintained in the commission's office but may not be available | ||
| electronically at that office. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a report of political contributions and expenditures under Chapter | ||
| 254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after January | ||
| 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
