Texas Election Code
§ 255.004 — TRUE SOURCE OF COMMUNICATION
EL § 255.004Title 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS · Ch. 255. REGULATING POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election, the person enters into a contract or other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast political advertising that purports to emanate from a source other than its true source.
(b)A person commits an offense if, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election, the person knowingly represents in a campaign communication that the communication emanates from a source other than its true source.
(c)An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d)A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election:
(1)creates a deep fake video; and
(2)causes the deep fake video to be published or distributed within 30 days of an election.
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Legislative history
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1339 (S.B. 751), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.