FIFTIETH LEGISLATURESB 11/a

SECOND SESSION, 2012

February 3, 2012

Mr. President:

    Your RULES COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 11

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

    1. On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following:

         "C. For an independent expenditure of three thousand dollars ($3,000) or more, the report required by Subsection A of this section shall also state:

             (1) if the expenditure was made from a segregated bank account that consists only of funds contributed to the account by individuals for the purpose of making independent expenditures, the name, address and amount of each contribution not previously reported for each contributor who contributed more than one hundred dollars ($100) in the aggregate to the account during the preceding calendar year; or

             (2) if the expenditure was made from funds other than those described in Paragraph (1) of this subsection, the name, address and amount of each contribution not previously reported for each contributor who contributed more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate to the person who made the expenditure during the preceding calendar year.".

    2. Reletter succeeding subsections accordingly.

    3. On pages 3 and 4, strike Section 2 in its entirety.

    4. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.

    5. On page 8, line 21, after the comma, strike the remainder of the line, strike lines 22 through 25 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

    "can reasonably be expected to be seen or heard by at least five hundred persons eligible to vote for the candidate and is published or disseminated within thirty days before the first day that voters may cast an absentee ballot in person at the county clerk's office in an election at which the candidate is on the ballot;".

    6. On page 10, line 17, after the comma, strike the remainder of the line, strike lines 18 through 22 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof:

    "can reasonably be expected to be seen or heard by at least five hundred persons eligible to vote for the candidate or ballot measure and is published or disseminated within thirty days before the first day that voters may cast an absentee ballot in person at the county clerk's office in an election at which the candidate or ballot measure is on the ballot;".

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and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.

                               Respectfully submitted,

                               ___________________________________

                               Linda M. Lopez, Chairman

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

          (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

                  Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 5 For 3 Against

Yes:      5

No:       Burt, Ingle, Kernan

Excused: Sanchez, M.

Absent:   None

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