Bill Text: TX SB1451 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to direct campaign expenditures by corporations and labor organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1451-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1451 |
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relating to direct campaign expenditures by corporations and labor | ||
organizations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 253.094(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A corporation or labor organization may not make a | ||
political contribution [ |
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with a recall election, including the circulation and submission of | ||
a petition to call an election. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 253.097, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 253.097. DIRECT EXPENDITURE ON MEASURE OR OFFICE. A | ||
corporation or labor organization not acting in concert with | ||
another person may make one or more direct campaign expenditures | ||
from its own property in connection with an election on a measure or | ||
a public office if the corporation or labor organization makes the | ||
expenditures in accordance with Section 253.061 or 253.062 as if | ||
the corporation or labor organization were an individual. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 253, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 253.107 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 253.107. TRAVEL EXPENSE. A direct campaign | ||
expenditure consisting of personal travel expenses incurred by a | ||
corporation or labor organization may be made without complying | ||
with Section 253.097 if the corporation or labor organization | ||
receives no reimbursement for the expenditure. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |