Tex. Elec. Code § 255.008 · Chapter 255. REGULATING POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS
DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a candidate or political committee covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253.
(b) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate may include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee) in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(c) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate that does not contain the statement prescribed by Subsection (b) must comply with Section 255.001.
(d) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to exceed the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate must include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee), (who or which) has rejected the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(e) The commission shall adopt rules providing for:
(1) the minimum size of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or in writing; and
(2) the minimum duration of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or radio.
(f) A person who violates this section or a rule adopted under this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed:
(1) $15,000, for a candidate for a statewide judicial office or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate;
(2) $10,000, for a candidate for chief justice or justice, court of appeals, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate; or
(3) $5,000, for a candidate for any other judicial office covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate.
(g) Section 253.176 applies to the imposition and disposition of a civil penalty under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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