Texas Election Code

§ 254.128 — NOTICE TO CANDIDATE AND OFFICEHOLDER OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

EL § 254.128Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 254. POLITICAL REPORTING · Art. E. REPORTING BY SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE

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(a)If a specific-purpose committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures for a candidate or officeholder, the committee's campaign treasurer shall deliver written notice of that fact to the affected candidate or officeholder not later than the end of the period covered by the report in which the reportable activity occurs.

(b)The notice must include the full name and address of the political committee and its campaign treasurer and an indication that the committee is a specific-purpose committee.

(c)A campaign treasurer commits an offense if the campaign treasurer fails to comply with this section. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Legislative history

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 246, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.