H.B. No. 2065
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of the moratoriums on the acceptance
  of certain political contributions and caucus contributions to
  contributions delivered by common or contract carrier.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 253.034(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A statewide officeholder, a member of the legislature,
  or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or
  assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the legislature may
  not knowingly accept a political contribution, and shall refuse a
  political contribution that is received, during the period
  prescribed by Subsection (a). A political contribution that is
  received and refused during that period shall be returned to the
  contributor not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt.
  A contribution made by United States mail or by common or contract
  carrier is not considered received during that period if it was
  properly addressed and placed with postage or carrier charges
  prepaid or prearranged [and properly addressed] in the [United
  States] mail or delivered to the contract carrier before the
  beginning of the period. The date indicated by the post office
  cancellation mark or the common or contract carrier documents is
  considered to be the date the contribution was placed in the mail or
  delivered to the common or contract carrier unless proven
  otherwise.
         SECTION 2.  Section 253.0341(b), Election Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  A legislative caucus may not knowingly accept from a
  nonmember a contribution, and shall refuse a contribution from a
  nonmember that is received, during the period prescribed by
  Subsection (a). A contribution that is received and refused during
  that period shall be returned to the contributor not later than the
  30th day after the date of receipt. A contribution made by United
  States mail or by common or contract carrier is not considered
  received during that period if it was properly addressed and placed
  with postage or carrier charges prepaid or prearranged [and
  properly addressed] in the [United States] mail or delivered to the
  contract carrier before the beginning of the period. The date
  indicated by the post office cancellation mark or the common or
  contract carrier documents is considered to be the date the
  contribution was placed in the mail or delivered to the common or
  contract carrier unless proven otherwise.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2009.  For
  purposes of this section, an offense is committed before that date
  if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
         (b)  An offense committed before September 1, 2009, is
  covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2065 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2065 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor