Tex. Elec. Code § 253.1541 · Subchapter F. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FAIRNESS ACT
ACCEPTANCE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PERSON APPOINTED TO FILL VACANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a person appointed to fill a vacancy in an office covered by this subchapter who, at the time of appointment, does not hold another office covered by this subchapter.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 253.153, a person to whom this section applies may accept political contributions beginning on the date the person assumes the duties of office and ending on the 60th day after that date.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 552, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 2, eff. June 2, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 3, eff. June 2, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm
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