Texas Election Code
§ 255.006 — MISLEADING USE OF OFFICE TITLE
EL § 255.006Title 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 the person knowingly enters into a contract or other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast political advertising with the intent to represent to an ordinary and prudent person that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the agreement is made.
(b)A person commits an offense if the person knowingly represents in a campaign communication that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the representation is made.
(c)For purposes of this section, a person represents that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold if:
(1)the candidate does not hold the office that the candidate seeks; and
(2)the political advertising or campaign communication states the public office sought but does not include the word "for" in a type size that is at least one-half the type size used for the name of the office to clarify that the candidate does not hold that office.
(d)A person other than an officeholder commits an offense if the person knowingly uses a representation of the state seal in political advertising.
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Legislative history
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 300, Sec. 30, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 250, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1134, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 5.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 737, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.