Bill Text: TX HB47 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Elections [HB47 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB47-Introduced.html

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By: Zwiener H.B. No. 47

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 253.008. LIMITATION ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A
person may not knowingly make or authorize the making of a campaign
contribution to a candidate for statewide office or the
legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the
candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, in an amount that
exceeds $5,000 for the election in which the candidate is involved.
(b) A political committee may not knowingly make or
authorize the making of a campaign contribution to a candidate for
statewide office or the legislature, or to a specific-purpose
committee supporting the candidate or opposing the candidate's
opponent, in an amount that exceeds $10,000 for the election in
which the candidate is involved.
SECTION 2. Section 253.157(a-1), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a-1) A judicial candidate or officeholder may not
knowingly accept political contributions from a general-purpose
committee that, in the aggregate, exceed the contribution limits
prescribed by this subsection in connection with an election in
which the judicial candidate's name appears on the ballot. The
contribution limits under this subsection are:
(1) for a statewide judicial office, $10,000
[$25,000]; or
(2) for any other judicial office, $5,000.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a campaign contribution made on or after the effective date of this
Act. A campaign contribution made before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect when the contribution was made
and is not aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after
that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.