Sec. 254.039.  SPECIAL REPORT NEAR ELECTION BY CERTAIN GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEES.  (a)  In addition to other reports required by this chapter, a general-purpose committee shall file additional reports during the period beginning the ninth day before election day and ending at 12 noon on the day before election day if the committee:
(1)  accepts political contributions from a person that in the aggregate exceed $5,000 during that reporting period; or
(2)  makes direct campaign expenditures supporting or opposing either a single candidate that in the aggregate exceed $1,000 or a group of candidates that in the aggregate exceed $15,000 during that reporting period.
(a-1)  A report under this section shall be filed electronically, by telephonic facsimile machine, or by hand, in the form required by Section 254.036.  The commission must receive a report under this section not later than 5 p.m. of the first business day after the date the contribution is accepted or the expenditure is made.  A report under this section is not required to be accompanied by the affidavit required under Section 254.036(h) or to be submitted on a form prescribed by the commission.  A report under this section that complies with Section 254.036(a) must be accompanied by an affidavit under Section 254.036(c)(1) unless the committee has submitted an affidavit under Section 254.036(c)(1) with another report filed in connection with the election for which a report is required under this section.
(a-2)  Each report required by Subsection (a)(1) must include the amount of the contributions specified by that subsection, the full name and address of the person making the contributions, and the dates of the contributions.
(b)  Each report required by Subsection (a)(2) must include the amount of the expenditures, the full name and address of the persons to whom the expenditures are made, and the dates and purposes of the expenditures.
(c)  To the extent of a conflict between this section and Section 254.036, this section controls.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 994, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 3.15, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 174 (H.B. 350), Sec. 3, eff. October 1, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 174 (H.B. 350), Sec. 4, eff. October 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1294 (S.B. 64), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 957 (S.B. 1761), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.