By: Farias (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)	H.B. No. 195
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
	April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	Affairs; May 17, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 195	By:  Van de Putte

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the availability on the Internet of reports of
	political expenditures and contributions filed in connection with
	certain county and municipal offices.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 254.0401, Election Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 254.0401.  AVAILABILITY OF [ELECTRONIC] REPORTS ON
	INTERNET.
	SECTION 2.  Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (a-1) and (c) and amending Subsection (f) to
	read as follows:
	(a-1)  The county clerk of a county with a population of
	800,000 or more shall make a report filed with the clerk by a
	candidate, officeholder, or specific-purpose committee under this
	subchapter in connection with a county office or the office of
	county commissioner available to the public on the county's
	Internet website not later than the fifth business day after the
	date the report is received.
	(c)  The clerk of a municipality with a population of 500,000
	or more shall make a report filed with the clerk by a candidate,
	officeholder, or specific-purpose committee under this subchapter
	in connection with the office of mayor or member of the
	municipality's governing body available to the public on the
	municipality's Internet website not later than the fifth business
	day after the date the report is received.
	(f)  The commission shall clearly state on the Internet
	website on which reports are provided [under Subsection (b)] that
	reports filed by an independent candidate, a third-party candidate,
	or a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing an
	independent or third-party candidate will not be available if the
	candidate or committee has not yet filed a report.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 254.0401(b), Election Code, is
	repealed.
	(b)  Effective January 1, 2014, Section 176.009(b), Local
	Government Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 4.  Section 254.0401, Election Code, as amended by
	this Act, and Section 176.009, Local Government Code, as amended by
	this Act, apply only to a report of political contributions and
	expenditures that is required to be filed under Chapter 254,
	Election Code, on or after January 1, 2014.
	SECTION 5.  Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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