HB1447 - Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.

  89R1332 MPF-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1447       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 253, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 253.008 to read as follows:           Sec.   253.008.     LIMITATION ON CERTAIN CAMPAIGN   CONTRIBUTIONS. (a)   In this section, "candidate for statewide   office"   does not include a candidate for statewide judicial office,   as defined by Section 253.152.           (b)     A person may not knowingly make or authorize the making   of a campaign contribution to a candidate for statewide office or   the legislature, or to a specific-purpose committee supporting the   candidate or opposing the candidate's opponent, for the primary or   general election in which the candidate is involved in an amount   that exceeds 50 times the amount of the contribution limits for an   election applicable to a federal candidate under the Federal   Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. Section 30101 et seq.).          SECTION 2.  Section 253.008, Election Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a campaign contribution made on or after the   effective date of this Act. A campaign contribution made before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the contribution was made, and the contribution is not   aggregated with campaign contributions made on or after that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.