August 21, 2014 4:43 PM

First-ever in Texas dark money regulation in the works at Ethics Commission

“We’re trying to figure out how we get to the public information about who is contributing to candidates."

By the end of the year, the Texas Ethics Commission could put in place the state's first-ever regulation on dark money in politics.

That, of course, is after Gov. Perry vetoed a bill last year that would have required the disclosure of some donors to politically active nonprofits.

The draft regulation unveiled by the commission Thursday would require the disclosure of donors to nonprofits that are active in politics if 25 percent or more of their expenditures are political. Disclosure would also be required if political contributions amount to more than 25 percent of a group's total contributions in a year.