Texas Election Code
§ 253.161 — USE OF CONTRIBUTION FROM NONJUDICIAL OR JUDICIAL OFFICE PROHIBITED
EL § 253.161Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES · Art. F. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FAIRNESS ACT
Statute text
View on source(a)A judicial candidate or officeholder, a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a judicial candidate, or a specific-purpose committee for assisting a judicial officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:
(1)was a candidate for an office other than a judicial office; or
(2)held an office other than a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for judicial office and the contribution was made in connection with an election for judicial office.
(b)A candidate, officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder may not use a political contribution to make a campaign expenditure for an office other than a judicial office or to make an officeholder expenditure in connection with an office other than a judicial office if the contribution was accepted while the candidate or officeholder:
(1)was a candidate for a judicial office; or
(2)held a judicial office, unless the person had become a candidate for another office and the contribution was made in connection with an election for nonjudicial office.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 8, eff. June 2, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 17(4), eff. June 2, 2019.