HBA-KMH H.B. 3592 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3592
By: Danburg
Elections
3/26/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 3592 requires a person making contributions that in the aggregate
exceed $25,000 in a calendar year to all candidates, officeholders or
political committees or any combination thereof to report to the Texas
Ethics Commission all contributions made in that calendar year.  This bill
also makes it a Class A misdemeanor if the person fails to comply with this
section. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 254, Election Code, by adding Subchapter J, as
follows: 

SUBCHAPTER J.  REPORTING BY INDIVIDUALS

Sec.  254.261.  REPORTS BY INDIVIDUALS.  (a) Requires a person making
contributions that in the aggregate exceed $25,000 in a calendar year to
all candidates, officeholders or political committees or any combination
thereof to report to the Texas Ethics Commission (commission) all
contributions made in that calendar year. 

(b) Provides that each report required by this section must include the
amount of the political contribution, full name and address of the
candidate, officeholder or political committee receiving the contribution,
and the date of the contribution. 

(c) Provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor if the person fails to comply
with this section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.