Texas Election Code
§ 255.0031 — UNLAWFUL USE OF INTERNAL MAIL SYSTEM FOR POLITICAL ADVERTISING
EL § 255.0031Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 255. REGULATING POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)An officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision may not knowingly use or authorize the use of an internal mail system for the distribution of political advertising.
(b)Subsection (a) does not apply to:
(1)the use of an internal mail system to distribute political advertising that is delivered to the premises of a state agency or political subdivision through the United States Postal Service; or
(2)the use of an internal mail system by a state agency or municipality to distribute political advertising that is the subject of or related to an investigation, hearing, or other official proceeding of the agency or municipality.
(c)A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d)In this section:
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 229, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.