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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of a person to serve as a campaign |
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treasurer of a general-purpose political committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 252.0011, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsections |
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(a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "election cycle" means the period |
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beginning on January 1 of an odd-numbered year and ending on |
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December 31 of the following even-numbered year. |
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(a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a person |
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is ineligible for appointment as a campaign treasurer if the person |
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is the campaign treasurer of a political committee that does not |
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file a report required by Chapter 254. |
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(a-2) A person is ineligible for appointment as a campaign |
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treasurer of a general-purpose committee if the commission imposed |
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a civil penalty on the person during: |
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(1) the election cycle preceding the election cycle in |
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which the person seeks to become a campaign treasurer; or |
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(2) any previous election cycle if any amount of that |
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civil penalty remained unpaid during the election cycle preceding |
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the election cycle in which the person seeks to become a campaign |
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treasurer. |
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(b) The period for which a person is ineligible under |
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Subsection (a-1) [(a)] for appointment as a campaign treasurer ends |
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on the date on which the political committee in connection with |
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which the person's ineligibility arose has filed each report |
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required by Chapter 254 that was not timely filed or, subject to |
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Subsection (a-2), has paid all fines and penalties in connection |
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with the failure to file the report. |
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(c) Subsection (a-1) [(a)] does not apply to a person if, in |
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any semiannual reporting period prescribed by Chapter 254: |
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(1) the political committee in connection with which |
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the person's ineligibility arose did not accept political |
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contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political |
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expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000; and |
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(2) the candidate who or political committee that |
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subsequently appoints the person does not accept political |
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contributions that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 or make political |
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expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $5,000. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |