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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 305.024. Restrictions on Expenditures

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a person registered under Section 305.005 or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification may not offer, confer, or agree to confer:

(1) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (5):

(A) a loan, including the guarantee or endorsement of a loan; or

(B) a gift of cash or a negotiable instrument as described by Section 3.104, Business & Commerce Code; or

(2) to an individual described by Section 305.0062(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7):

(A) an expenditure for transportation and lodging;

(B) an expenditure or series of expenditures for entertainment that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;

(C) an expenditure or series of expenditures for gifts that in the aggregate exceed $500 in a calendar year;

(D) an expenditure for an award or memento that exceeds $ 500; or

(E) an expenditure described by Section 305.006(b)(1), (2), (3), or (6) unless:

(i)  1 the registrant is present at the event; or

(ii)  1 the expenditure is for a gift of food or beverages required to be reported under Section 305.006(b)(4) in accordance with Section 305.0061(e-1).

(b) Except as provided by Section 305.025, a member of the legislative or executive branch may not solicit, accept, or agree to accept from a person registered under Section 305.005 or from a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification an item listed in Subsection (a).

(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the total value of a joint expenditure under Subsection (a)(2)(B), (C), or (D) may exceed $500 if each portion of the expenditure:

(1) is made by a registrant; and

(2) does not exceed $500.

1 In order to conform to nonconflicting amendments, subsecs. (a)(7)(A) and (B), as designated and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 206, were editorially redesignated as subsecs. (a)(2)(E)(i) and (ii) respectively.
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