Tex. Elec. Code § 254.044 · Subchapter B. POLITICAL REPORTING GENERALLY
REPORTING OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES MADE USING CREDIT CARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A candidate or officeholder who accepts a political contribution made using a credit card shall:
(1) for a political contribution for which a processing fee is deducted by the credit card issuer from the political contribution amount:
(A) report as a political contribution the full amount, including the deducted amount; and
(B) report as a political expenditure the deducted amount; and
(2) for a political contribution for which a processing fee is paid by the person making the political contribution in excess of the political contribution amount, report only as a political contribution the full amount the candidate or officeholder accepts, not including the amount paid in excess of the political contribution amount.
(b) A candidate or officeholder who accepts a political contribution described by Subsection (a)(2) is not required to report the excess amount paid as a processing fee by the person making the political contribution.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 853 (H.B. 3372), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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.254.htm
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