Tex. Gov't Code § 571.098 · Subchapter D. ADVISORY OPINIONS
CONVERSION OF CONTRIBUTION TO PERSONAL USE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person involved in a transaction or activity that the commission concludes in an advisory opinion to be a conversion of a contribution to personal use in violation of Section 253.035, Election Code, is not civilly liable to the state if:
(1) before receiving the opinion, the person reasonably believed the transaction or activity did not constitute a conversion, taking into account prior opinions and rules of the commission; and
(2) on or before the 30th day after the date the opinion is published, the person:
(A) returns to the political fund from which it was removed an amount equal to the amount converted; and
(B) notifies the commission by certified mail that the person has returned the converted contribution as required by this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.571.htm
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