Bill Text: TX HB4036 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the timely filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to General Investigating & Ethics [HB4036 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4036-Introduced.html
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By: Fallon | H.B. No. 4036 |
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relating to the timely filing of reports of political contributions | ||
and expenditures; increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 254.041, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and | ||
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misdemeanor. | ||
(b-1) A violation of Subsection (a)(1) is a Class B | ||
misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | ||
person knowingly failed to file three or more consecutive reports | ||
under this chapter on time. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a report required to be filed under Chapter 254, Election Code, on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A report required to be | ||
filed before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in | ||
effect at the time the report was filed, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |