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TX Elec COde § 254.095 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter D. Reporting by Officeholder|Section 254.095. Report Not Required

Sec. 254.095.  REPORT NOT REQUIRED.  If at the end of any reporting period prescribed by this subchapter an officeholder who is required to file a report with an authority other than the commission has not accepted political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $500 or made political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $500, the officeholder is not required to file a report covering that period.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 107, Sec. 3.17, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.|
TX Elec COde § 254.096 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter D. Reporting by Officeholder|Section 254.096. Officeholder Who Becomes Candidate

Sec. 254.096.  OFFICEHOLDER WHO BECOMES CANDIDATE.  An officeholder who becomes a candidate is subject to Subchapter C during each period covered by a report required to be filed under Subchapter C.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.097 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter D. Reporting by Officeholder|Section 254.097. Authority With Whom Reports Filed

Sec. 254.097.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED. Reports under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom a campaign treasurer appointment by a candidate for the office held by the officeholder is required to be filed.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 511, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (S.B. 1142), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Elec COde § 254.121 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.121. Additional Contents of Reports

Sec. 254.121.  ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS.  In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee must include:(1)  the committee's full name and address;(2)  the full name, residence or business street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign treasurer;(3)  the identity and date of the election for which the report is filed, if applicable;(4)  the name of each candidate and each measure supported or opposed by the committee, indicating for each whether the committee supports or opposes;(5)  the name of each officeholder assisted by the committee;(6)  the amount of each political expenditure in the form of a political contribution that is made to a candidate, officeholder, or another political committee and that is returned to the committee during the reporting period, the name of the person to whom the expenditure was originally made, and the date it is returned;(7)  on a separate page or pages of the report, the identification of any payment from political contributions made to a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business;  and(8)  on a separate page or pages of the report, the identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.17, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
TX Elec COde § 254.1211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.1211. Additional Contents of Reports of Certain Committees

Sec. 254.1211.  ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS OF CERTAIN COMMITTEES.  In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.121, each report by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for or assisting a holder of a judicial office covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253, must include the contents prescribed by Section 254.0611.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 5, eff. July 1, 1995.|
TX Elec COde § 254.1212 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.1212. Additional Contents of Reports of Committee Supporting or Opposing Candidate for Statewide Executive Officeholders or Legislative Officeholders or Assisting Statewide Executive Officeholders or Legislative Officeholders

Sec. 254.1212.  ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEE SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICEHOLDERS OR LEGISLATIVE OFFICEHOLDERS OR ASSISTING STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICEHOLDERS OR LEGISLATIVE OFFICEHOLDERS.  In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.121, each report by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for or assisting a holder of a statewide office in the executive branch or a legislative office must include the contents prescribed by Section 254.0612.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 2.19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Elec COde § 254.122 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.122. Involvement in More Than One Election by Certain Committees

Sec. 254.122.  INVOLVEMENT IN MORE THAN ONE ELECTION BY CERTAIN COMMITTEES.  If a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing more than one candidate becomes involved in more than one election for which the reporting periods prescribed by Section 254.124 overlap, the reportable activity that occurs during the overlapping period is not required to be included in a report filed after the first report in which the activity is required to be reported.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.123 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.123. Semiannual Reporting Schedule for Committee

Sec. 254.123.  SEMIANNUAL REPORTING SCHEDULE FOR COMMITTEE.  (a)  The campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section.(b)  The first report shall be filed not later than July 15.  The report covers the period beginning January 1, the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed, or the first day after the period covered by the last report required to be filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and continuing through June 30.(c)  The second report shall be filed not later than January 15.  The report covers the period beginning July 1, the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed, or the first day after the period covered by the last report required to be filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and continuing through December 31.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.124 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.124. Additional Reports of Committee for Supporting or Opposing Candidate or Measure

Sec. 254.124.  ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CANDIDATE OR MEASURE.  (a)  In addition to other required reports, for each election in which a specific-purpose committee supports or opposes a candidate or measure, the committee's campaign treasurer shall file two reports.(b)  The first report must be received by the authority with whom the report is required to be filed not later than the 30th day before election day.  The report covers the period beginning the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed or the first day after the period covered by the committee's last required report, as applicable, and continuing through the 40th day before election day.(c)  The second report must be received by the authority with whom the report is required to be filed not later than the eighth day before election day.  The report covers the period beginning the 39th day before election day and continuing through the 10th day before election day.(d)  If a specific-purpose committee supports or opposes a candidate or measure in an election after a reporting period prescribed by Subsection (b) or (c), the first report must be received by the authority with whom the report is required to be filed not later than the regular deadline for the report covering the period during which the committee becomes involved in the election.  The period covered by the first report begins the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed or the first day after the period covered by the committee's last required report, as applicable.(e)  In addition to other required reports, the campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee that supports or opposes a candidate in a runoff election shall file one report for the runoff election.  The runoff election report must be received by the authority with whom the report is required to be filed not later than the eighth day before runoff election day.  The report covers the period beginning the ninth day before the date of the main election and continuing through the 10th day before runoff election day.(f)  This section does not apply to a specific-purpose committee supporting only candidates who do not have opponents whose names are to appear on the ballot.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 7.17(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 673 (H.B. 1381), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 553 (S.B. 1795), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Elec COde § 254.125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.125. Final Report of Committee for Supporting or Opposing Candidate or Measure

Sec. 254.125.  FINAL REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING CANDIDATE OR MEASURE.  (a)  If a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate or measure expects no reportable activity in connection with the election to occur after the period covered by a report filed under this subchapter, the committee's campaign treasurer may designate the report as a "final" report.(b)  The designation of a report as a final report:(1)  relieves the campaign treasurer of the duty to file additional reports under this subchapter, except as provided by Subsection (c);  and(2)  terminates the committee's campaign treasurer appointment.(c)  If, after a committee's final report is filed, reportable activity with respect to the election occurs, the committee must file the appropriate reports under this subchapter and is otherwise subject to the provisions of this title applicable to political committees.  A report filed under this subsection may be designated as a final report.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.126 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.126. Dissolution Report of Committee for Assisting Officeholder

Sec. 254.126.  DISSOLUTION REPORT OF COMMITTEE FOR ASSISTING OFFICEHOLDER.  (a)  If a specific-purpose committee for assisting an officeholder expects no reportable activity to occur after the period covered by a report filed under this subchapter, the committee's campaign treasurer may designate the report as a "dissolution" report.(b)  The filing of a report designated as a dissolution report:(1)  relieves the campaign treasurer of the duty to file additional reports under this subchapter;  and(2)  terminates the committee's campaign treasurer appointment.(c)  A dissolution report must contain an affidavit, executed by the committee's campaign treasurer, that states that all the committee's reportable activity has been reported.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.127 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.127. Termination Report

Sec. 254.127.  TERMINATION REPORT.  (a)  If the campaign treasurer appointment of a specific-purpose committee is terminated, the terminated campaign treasurer shall file a termination report.(b)  A termination report is not required if the termination occurs on the last day of a reporting period under this subchapter and a report for that period is filed as provided by this subchapter.(c)  The report covers the period beginning the day after the period covered by the last report required to be filed under this subchapter and continuing through the day the campaign treasurer appointment is terminated.(d)  The report shall be filed not later than the 10th day after the date the campaign treasurer appointment is terminated.(e)  Reportable activity contained in a termination report is not required to be included in any subsequent report of the committee that is filed under this subchapter.  The period covered by the committee's first report filed under this subchapter after a termination report begins the day after the date the campaign treasurer appointment is terminated.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.128 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.128. Notice to Candidate and Officeholder of Contributions and Expenditures

Sec. 254.128.  NOTICE TO CANDIDATE AND OFFICEHOLDER OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.  (a)  If a specific-purpose committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures for a candidate or officeholder, the committee's campaign treasurer shall deliver written notice of that fact to the affected candidate or officeholder not later than the end of the period covered by the report in which the reportable activity occurs.(b)  The notice must include the full name and address of the political committee and its campaign treasurer and an indication that the committee is a specific-purpose committee.(c)  A campaign treasurer commits an offense if the campaign treasurer fails to comply with this section.  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 246, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 254.129 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.129. Notice of Change in Committee Status

Sec. 254.129.  NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COMMITTEE STATUS.  (a)  If a specific-purpose committee changes its operation and becomes a general-purpose committee, the committee's campaign treasurer shall deliver written notice of the change in status to the authority with whom the specific-purpose committee's reports under this chapter are required to be filed.(b)  The notice shall be delivered not later than the next deadline for filing a report under this subchapter that:(1)  occurs after the change in status;  and(2)  would be applicable to the political committee if the committee had not changed its status.(c)  The notice must indicate the filing authority with whom future filings are expected to be made.(d)  A campaign treasurer commits an offense if the campaign treasurer fails to comply with this section.  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 247, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 254.130 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter E. Reporting by Specific-Purpose Committee|Section 254.130. Authority With Whom Reports Filed

Sec. 254.130.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM REPORTS FILED.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports filed under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the political committee's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed.(b)  A specific-purpose committee created to support or oppose a measure on the issuance of bonds by a school district shall file reports under this subchapter with the commission. |Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 511, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 518 (S.B. 1142), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 1114), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Elec COde § 254.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter F. Reporting by General-Purpose Committee|Section 254.151. Additional Contents of Reports

Sec. 254.151.  ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORTS.  In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee must include:(1)  the committee's full name and address;(2)  the full name, residence or business street address, and telephone number of the committee's campaign treasurer;(3)  the identity and date of the election for which the report is filed, if applicable;(4)  the name of each identified candidate or measure or classification by party of candidates supported or opposed by the committee, indicating whether the committee supports or opposes each listed candidate, measure, or classification by party of candidates;(5)  the name of each identified officeholder or classification by party of officeholders assisted by the committee;(6)  the principal occupation of each person from whom political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $50 are accepted during the reporting period;(7)  the amount of each political expenditure in the form of a political contribution made to a candidate, officeholder, or another political committee that is returned to the committee during the reporting period, the name of the person to whom the expenditure was originally made, and the date it is returned;(8)  on a separate page or pages of the report, the identification of any contribution from a corporation or labor organization made and accepted under Subchapter D, Chapter 253;   and(9)  on a separate page or pages of the report, the identification of the name of the donor, the amount, and the date of any expenditure made by a corporation or labor organization to:(A)  establish or administer the political committee;  or(B)  finance the solicitation of political contributions to the committee under Section 253.100.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.18, eff. Jan. 1, 1992;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 2.20, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Elec COde § 254.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter F. Reporting by General-Purpose Committee|Section 254.152. Time for Reporting Certain Expenditures

Sec. 254.152.  TIME FOR REPORTING CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.  If a general-purpose committee makes a political expenditure in the form of a political contribution to another general-purpose committee or to an out-of-state political committee and the contributing committee does not intend that the contribution be used in connection with a particular election, the contributing committee shall include the expenditure in the first report required to be filed under this subchapter after the expenditure is made.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Elec COde § 254.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 15 - Regulating Political Funds and Campaigns|Chapter 254 - Political Reporting|Subchapter F. Reporting by General-Purpose Committee|Section 254.153. Semiannual Reporting Schedule for Committee

Sec. 254.153.  SEMIANNUAL REPORTING SCHEDULE FOR COMMITTEE.  (a)  The campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section.(b)  The first report shall be filed not later than July 15.  The report covers the period beginning January 1, the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed, or the first day after the period covered by the last report required to be filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and continuing through June 30.(c)  The second report shall be filed not later than January 15.  The report covers the period beginning July 1, the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment is filed, or the first day after the period covered by the last report required to be filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and continuing through December 31.|Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|