BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
TX HB2626
SECTION 1.
Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsections (b), (e-1), and (h) to read as follows:
(b) The clerk or secretary of a political subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body does not have a clerk or secretary, the governing body's presiding officer shall make a report filed with the political subdivision by a candidate, officeholder, or specific-purpose committee under this subchapter available to the public on the political subdivision's Internet website not later than the 10th business day after the date the report is received. (e-1) Before making a report available on the Internet as required by Subsection (b), the authority with whom the report is filed may remove each portion, other than city, state, and zip code, of the address of a person listed as having made a political contribution to the person filing the report. The address information removed must remain available on the report maintained in the authority's office. (h) A report made available on an Internet website under this section must be accessible on that website until the fifth anniversary of the date the report is first made available.
SECTION 2.
The following provisions of the Election Code are repealed: (1) Sections 254.0401(a-1) and (c); and (2) Section 254.04011.
SECTION 3.
The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a report under Chapter 254, Election Code, that is required to be filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A report under that chapter that is required to be filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the report is required to be filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
This Act takes Effect September 1, 2023.
*Note - This will begin with all campaign finance reports filed in January of 2024.
All State Offices sought will be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission those reports can be located at the link below.
https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/
The link below is for Current Medina County Elected Officials. NOTE: Once on the site click on the arrow next to the name. >>
VistaSG Campaign Finance
** Current candidates are being added to the link above there was an issue but it has been resolved and we are working on getting everyone added to the link and all of their current reports. Thank you for your patients.
Respectfully,
Gina Champion
2/28/2024