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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 305.029. Expenditures from Political Contributions Restricted

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

(a) In this section, “candidate,” “political contribution,” “political committee,” “political expenditure,” and “specific-purpose committee” have the meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.

(b) A registrant, or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification, may not knowingly make or authorize an expenditure required to be reported under this chapter from a political contribution that was accepted by:

(1) the registrant as a candidate or officeholder;

(2) a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of supporting the registrant as a candidate or assisting the registrant as an officeholder; or

(3) a political committee that accepted a political contribution described by Subdivision (1) or (2) during the two-year period immediately before the date the expenditure was made or authorized by the registrant.

(c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a political contribution or political expenditure in support of the person's own candidacy.

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