Tex. Fin. Code § 276.001 · Chapter 276. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNTS
ACCOUNTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A financial institution may not open an account in the name of a candidate without obtaining that candidate's consent and signature. This subsection does not require that the candidate be a signatory to the account.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Candidate" has the meaning assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.
(2) "Financial institution" means a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.27(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.276.htm
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