Texas Election Code
§ 253.031 — CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE WITHOUT CAMPAIGN TREASURER PROHIBITED
EL § 253.031Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES · Art. B. CANDIDATES, OFFICEHOLDERS, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
Statute text
View on source(a)A candidate may not knowingly accept a campaign contribution or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a campaign treasurer appointment for the candidate is not in effect.
(b)A political committee may not knowingly accept political contributions totaling more than $500 or make or authorize political expenditures totaling more than $500 at a time when a campaign treasurer appointment for the committee is not in effect.
(c)A political committee may not knowingly make or authorize a campaign contribution or campaign expenditure supporting or opposing a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) in a primary or general election unless the committee's campaign treasurer appointment has been filed not later than the 30th day before the appropriate election day.
(d)This section does not apply to a political party's county executive committee that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures, except that:
(1)a county executive committee that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures shall maintain the records required by Section 254.001; and
(2)a county executive committee that accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures that, in the aggregate, exceed $25,000 in a calendar year shall file:
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 1647), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.