TITLE: Relating to a disclosure on advertisements made by a general-purpose committee of certain political contributions made to the committee.

SUMMARY: Relating to a disclosure on advertisements made by a general-purpose committee of certain political contributions made to the committee.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a disclosure on advertisements made by a general-purpose committee of certain political contributions made to the committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 255, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 255.010 to read as follows: Sec. 255.010. DISCLOSURE BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE. A general-purpose committee may not knowingly publish, distribute, or broadcast a political advertisement containing express advocacy that does not disclose in the advertising the identity of any person who has made political contributions to the general-purpose committee that in the aggregate exceed $10,000. The disclosure must include: (1) the name of the person who made the contributions; (2) the city and state in which the person making the contributions resides; (3) the principal occupation of the person making the contributions; and (4) the amount of the contributions. SECTION 2. Section 255.010, Election Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an advertisement that is published, distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee on or after September 1, 2011. An advertisement that is published, distributed, or broadcast by a general-purpose committee before September 1, 2011, is governed by the law in effect immediately before September 1, 2011, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.