Texas Election Code

§ 253.003 — UNLAWFULLY MAKING OR ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTION

EL § 253.003Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES · Art. A. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

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(a)A person may not knowingly make a political contribution in violation of this chapter.

(b)A person may not knowingly accept a political contribution the person knows to have been made in violation of this chapter.

(c)This section does not apply to a political contribution made or accepted in violation of Subchapter F.

(d)Except as provided by Subsection (e), a person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(e)A violation of Subsection (a) or (b) is a felony of the third degree if the contribution is made in violation of Subchapter D.

Legislative history

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.