Tex. Elec. Code § 253.032 · Subchapter B. CANDIDATES, OFFICEHOLDERS, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTION BY OUT-OF-STATE COMMITTEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a reporting period, a candidate, officeholder, or political committee may not knowingly accept political contributions totaling more than $500 from an out-of-state political committee unless, before accepting a contribution that would cause the total to exceed $500, the candidate, officeholder, or political committee, as applicable, receives from the out-of-state committee:
(1) a written statement, certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee, listing the full name and address of each person who contributed more than $100 to the out-of-state committee during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the contribution; or
(2) a copy of the out-of-state committee's statement of organization filed as required by law with the Federal Election Commission and certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee.
(b) This section does not apply to a contribution from an out-of-state political committee if the committee appointed a campaign treasurer under Chapter 252 before the contribution was made and is subject to the reporting requirements of Chapter 254.
(c) A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee shall include the statement or copy required by Subsection (a) as a part of the report filed under Chapter 254 that covers the reporting period to which Subsection (a) applies.
(e) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee that accepts political contributions totaling $500 or less from an out-of-state political committee shall include as part of the report filed under Chapter 254 that covers the reporting period in which the contribution is accepted:
(1) the same information for the out-of-state political committee required for general-purpose committees by Sections 252.002 and 252.003; or
(2) a copy of the out-of-state committee's statement of organization filed as required by law with the Federal Election Commission and certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm
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Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code ch. 252CAMPAIGN TREASURERPrinted as Chapter 252
- Tex. Elec. Code § 252.002CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT.Printed as Sections 252.002 and 252.003
- Tex. Elec. Code § 252.003CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE.Printed as Sections 252.002 and 252.003
- Tex. Elec. Code ch. 254POLITICAL REPORTINGPrinted as Chapter 254
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