H.B. No. 1071




AN ACT

relating to the format in which certain reports of political 
contributions and expenditures are filed.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 254.036(a), Election Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Each report filed under this chapter with an authority 
other than the commission must be in a format [on a form] prescribed 
by the commission.  A report filed with the commission that is not 
required to be filed by computer diskette, modem, or other means of 
electronic transfer must be on a form prescribed by the commission
and [must be] written in black ink or typed with black typewriter 
ribbon or, if [unless the report is a computer printout.  If] the 
report is a computer printout, the printout must conform to the same 
format and paper size as the form prescribed by the commission.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1071 was passed by the House on April 
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1071 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor