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Amend the Wolens amendment No. 1 to CSHB 1606 as follows:
(1) Between pages 30 and 31, insert the following:
SECTION 2.08. Subchapter B, Chapter 253, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 253.040 to read as follows:
Sec. 253.040. CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOLLOWING GENERAL
ELECTION. (a) During the period beginning on the day after the
general election for state and county officers and ending on the day
before the period prescribed by Section 253.034 begins, a person
may not knowingly make political contributions that in the
aggregate exceed $1,000 to:
(1) a candidate for or holder of:
(A) a statewide office in the executive branch;
(B) the office of state senator; or
(C) the office of state representative;
(2) a specific-purpose committee for supporting,
opposing, or assisting a candidate for or holder of an office
described by Subdivision (1); or
(3) any combination of a person described by
Subsection (1) and one or more specific-purpose committees for
supporting the person as a candidate or assisting the person as an
officeholder.
(b) A candidate for or holder of a statewide office, the
office of state senator, or the office of state representative or a
specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting
such a person may not knowingly accept a political contribution,
and shall refuse a political contribution that exceeds the limit
prescribed by Subsection (a) and is received during the period
prescribed by that subsection. A political contribution that is
received and refused during the period prescribed by Subsection (a)
shall be returned to the contributor not later than the 30th day
after the date of receipt. A contribution made by mail is not
considered received during that period if it was placed with
postage prepaid and properly addressed in the United States mail
before the beginning of the period. The date indicated by the post
office cancellation mark is considered to be the date the
contribution was placed in the mail unless proven otherwise.
(c) This section does not apply to a political contribution
that was made and accepted with the intent that it be used:
(1) in an election held or ordered during the period
prescribed by Subsection (a) in which the person accepting the
contribution is a candidate if the contribution was made after the
person appointed a campaign treasurer with the appropriate
authority and before the person was sworn in for that office;
(2) to defray expenses incurred in connection with an
election contest; or
(3) by a person who holds or who sought a statewide
office or a legislative office if the person was defeated at the
general election or a specific-purpose political committee that
supports or assists only that person.
(d) This section does not apply to a political contribution
made to or accepted by a candidate for or holder of an office to
which Subchapter F applies.
(e) A person who violates this section commits an offense.
An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(2) Renumber the sections of Article 2 of the bill
accordingly.