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Texas Election Code

§ 253.154 — WRITE-IN CANDIDACY

EL § 253.154Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES · Art. F. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FAIRNESS ACT

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(a)A write-in candidate for judicial office or a specific-purpose committee for supporting a write-in candidate for judicial office may not knowingly accept a political contribution before the candidate files a declaration of write-in candidacy.
(b)A person who violates this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed three times the amount of the political contributions accepted in violation of this section.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.