Tex. Elec. Code § 252.0031 · Chapter 252. CAMPAIGN TREASURER
CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT BY SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to the information required by Section 252.002, a campaign treasurer appointment by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) must include:
(1) the name of and the office sought by the candidate; and
(2) before the committee may use a political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a direct campaign expenditure in connection with a campaign for an elective office, an affidavit stating that:
(A) the committee is not established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder; and
(B) the committee will not use any political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a political contribution to:
(i) a candidate for elective office;
(ii) an officeholder; or
(iii) a political committee that has not filed an affidavit under this subdivision or Section 252.003(a)(4).
(a-1) If the information required to be provided under Subsection (a) changes, the committee shall immediately file an amended appointment reflecting the change.
(a-2) Filing an affidavit under Subsection (a)(2) does not create any additional reporting requirements under Section 254.261.
(b) The name of a specific-purpose committee for supporting a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) must include the name of the candidate that the committee supports.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 7.15(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.03, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.252.htm
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Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 252.002CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT.Printed as Section 252.002
- Tex. Elec. Code § 252.003CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE.Printed as Section 252.003(a)(4)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 252.005AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPOINTMENT FILED: CANDIDATE.Printed as Section 252.005(1)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 254.261DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $100.Printed as Section 254.261
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