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Amend the Wolens amendment to CSHB 1606 by inserting the
following new section to Article 2, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering the subsequent sections accordingly:
SECTION 2._____. Chapter 253, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter G to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER G. CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 253.201. RESTRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BY CERTAIN
ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section, "Texas trade association"
means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business
or professional competitors in this state designed to assist its
members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual
business or professional problems and in promoting their common
interest.
(b) This section applies only to a Texas trade association
that is not a political committee.
(c) A Texas trade association to which this section applies
may not knowingly make direct or indirect expenditures for the
purpose of influencing the outcome of an election that in the
aggregate exceed $50,000 during the period beginning on the 20th
day before the primary or general election for state and county
officers and ending on the day following the primary or general
election for state and county officers.
(d) A person who violates this section commits an offense.
An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.