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Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter J - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY PARTY CHAIR › Section 20.577 - Reporting Schedule for a Candidate for State Chair

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A candidate for state chair of a
				  political party is required to file only the reports listed in this section and
				  is not required to file any other reports required by candidates for public
				  office under Subchapter C of this chapter (relating to Reporting Requirements
				  for a Candidate).
(b) A candidate
				  for state chair of a political party is required to file semiannual reports as
				  provided by this subsection.
(1) One
				  semiannual report is due no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 15.
(A) The period covered by a report under this
				  paragraph begins on the later of the following dates, as applicable:
(i) January 1;
(ii) the first day after the period covered
				  by the last report required by this subchapter; or
(iii) the day the state chair's campaign
				  treasurer appointment was filed, if this is the first report filed under this
				  subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter J - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY PARTY CHAIR › Section 20.579 - Candidates for County Chair in Certain Counties

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section applies to a candidate for
				  election to the office of county chair of a political party with a nominee on
				  the ballot in the most recent gubernatorial general election if the county has
				  a population of 350,000 or more.
(b) The provisions of this subchapter that
				  apply to a candidate for state party chair apply to a candidate for county
				  chair covered by this section, except that a candidate for county chair is not
				  required to file the pre-convention reports that a state party chair is
				  required to file under §
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				  20.577(c) of this title
				  (relating to Reporting Schedule for a Candidate for State Chair).
(c) In addition to the semiannual reports due
				  to be filed with the commission by January 15 and July 15 under §
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				  20.577(b) of this title, a
				  candidate for county chair covered by this section who has an opponent on the
				  ballot in an election shall file the following two reports with the commission
				  for each primary election except as provided by subsection (d).
(1) The first report shall be filed not later
				  than the 30th day before primary election day. The report covers the period
				  beginning the day the candidate'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 the 40th day
				  before primary election day.
(2)
				  The second report shall be filed not later than the eighth day before election
				  day. The report covers the period beginning the 39th day before primary
				  election day and continuing through the 10th day before primary election
				  day.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter K - REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY CHAIR OF A POLITICAL PARTY › Section 20.591 - Appointment of Campaign Treasurer by Political Committee Supporting or Opposing Candidate for State Chair of a Political Party

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Except as provided by this subchapter, a political
					 committee supporting or opposing a candidate for state chair of a political
					 party is subject to the rules applicable to a specific-purpose committee
					 supporting or opposing a candidate for a statewide public
					 office.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter K - REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY CHAIR OF A POLITICAL PARTY › Section 20.593 - Contributions and Expenditures by Political Committee Supporting or Opposing Candidate for State Chair of a Political Party

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Except as provided by this subchapter, each contribution to
					 and expenditure by a political committee supporting or opposing a candidate for
					 state chair of a political party is subject to the same rules as a
					 specific-purpose committee supporting or opposing a candidate for statewide
					 public office.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter K - REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY CHAIR OF A POLITICAL PARTY › Section 20.595 - Reporting Schedule for a Political Committee Supporting or Opposing Candidate for State Chair of a Political Party

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A political committee supporting or
				  opposing a candidate for state chair of a political party is required to file
				  semiannual reports in accordance with this section.
(1) One semiannual report is due no earlier
				  than July 1 and no later than July 15.
(A)
				  The period covered by a report under this paragraph begins on the later of the
				  following dates, as applicable:
(i) January
				  1;
(ii) the first day after the
				  period covered by the last report required by this subchapter; or
(iii) the day the political committee's
				  campaign treasurer appointment was filed, if this is the first report filed
				  under this subchapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter K - REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING A CANDIDATE FOR STATE OR COUNTY CHAIR OF A POLITICAL PARTY › Section 20.597 - Political Committees Supporting or Opposing Candidates for County Chair in Certain Counties

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This section
				  applies to a political committee supporting or opposing a candidate for
				  election to the office of county chair of a political party with a nominee on
				  the ballot in the most recent gubernatorial general election if the county has
				  a population of 350,000 or more.
(b) The provisions of this subchapter that
				  apply to a political committee supporting or opposing a candidate for state
				  party chair apply to a political committee covered by this section, except that
				  a political committee covered by this section is not required to file the
				  pre-convention reports under §
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				  20.595(b) of this title
				  (relating to Reporting Schedule for a Political Committee Supporting or
				  Opposing Candidate for State Chair of a Political Party).
(c) In addition to the semiannual reports due
				  to be filed with the commission by January 15 and July 15, a political
				  committee covered by this section shall file the following two reports with the
				  commission for each primary election.
(1) The
				  first report shall be filed not later than the 30th day before primary 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
				  last report required to be filed under this subchapter, as applicable, and
				  continuing through the 40th day before primary election day.
(2) The second report shall be filed not
				  later than the eighth day before election day. The report covers the period
				  beginning the 39th day before primary election day and continuing through the
				  10th day before primary election day.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.1 - Certain Campaign Treasurer Appointments Required before Political Activity Begins

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An individual
				must file a campaign treasurer appointment with the proper authority before
				accepting a campaign contribution or making or authorizing a campaign
				expenditure.
(1) An officeholder may accept
				an officeholder contribution and make or authorize an officeholder expenditure
				without a campaign treasurer appointment on file.
(2) An officeholder who does not have a
				campaign treasurer appointment on file may not accept a campaign contribution
				or make or authorize a campaign expenditure.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.3 - Disclosure of True Source of Contribution or Expenditure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A person may not knowingly make or authorize a political
				  contribution or political expenditure in the name of or on behalf of another
				  unless the person discloses the name and address of the person who is the true
				  source of the contribution.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.6 - Reporting Direct Campaign Expenditures

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Section
				  254.261 of the Election
				  Code applies to a person who, not acting in concert with another person, makes
				  one or more direct campaign expenditures that exceed the amount specified in
				  Tex. Elec. Code §254.261(a), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
									18.31 in an election from the
				  person's own property.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.7 - Contribution from Out-of-State Committee

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) For each reporting period during which a
				candidate, officeholder, or political committee accepts a contribution or
				contributions from an out-of-state political committee totaling more than the
				amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §253.032(a), as amended by Figure 1 in
				1 TAC §
									18.31, the candidate, officeholder,
				or political committee must comply with subsections (b) and (c) of this
				section.
(b) The candidate,
				officeholder, or political committee covered by subsection (a) of this section
				must first obtain from the out-of-state committee one of the following
				documents before accepting the contribution that causes the total received from
				the out-of-state committee to exceed the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code
				§253.032(a), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
									18.31 during the reporting period:
(1) a written statement, certified by an
				officer of the out-of-state political committee, listing the full name and
				address of each person who contributed more than the amount specified in Tex.
				Elec. Code §253.032(a)(1), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
										18.31 to the out-of-state political
				committee during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the
				contribution; or
(2) a copy of the
				out-of-state political committee's statement of organization filed as required
				by law with the Federal Election Commission and certified by an officer of the
				out-of-state committee.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.9 - Cash Contributions Exceeding $100 Prohibited

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A candidate, officeholder, or
				specific-purpose committee may not knowingly accept political contributions in
				cash that in the aggregate exceed $100 from a contributor in a reporting
				period.
(b) Checks are not
				considered cash for purposes of this section.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.11 - Prohibition on Contributions during Regular Session

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) During the period that begins on the 30th
				day before the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing
				through the 20th day after the date of final adjournment, a person may not
				knowingly make a political contribution to:
(1) a statewide officeholder or
				officer-elect;
(2) a member of the
				legislature or member-elect; or
(3)
				a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a statewide
				officeholder or officer-elect or member or member-elect of the
				legislature.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.13 - Contributions in the Capitol Prohibited

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In §
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				  253.039 of the Election Code, the term
				  "Capitol" includes the Capitol Building and the Capitol Extension, and any
				  office that is being used as the official capitol office for a member of the
				  legislature, the governor, the lieutenant governor, or the secretary of
				  state.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.17 - Prohibition on Personal Use of Political Contributions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A person who accepts a political
				contribution as a candidate or officeholder may not convert the contribution to
				personal use. This subsection applies only to political contributions accepted
				on or after September 1, 1983.
(b)
				A specific-purpose committee that accepts a political contribution may not
				convert the contribution to the personal use of a candidate, officeholder, or
				former candidate or officeholder. This prohibition applies only to political
				contributions accepted on or after September 1, 1987.
(c) The prohibitions set out in subsections
				(a) and (b) of this section apply to the use of an asset purchased with
				political contributions and to the use of any interest or other income earned
				on political contributions.
(d)
				"Personal use" means a use that primarily furthers individual or family
				purposes not connected with the performance of duties or activities as a
				candidate for or holder of a public office. It does not include:
(1) payments made to defray ordinary and
				necessary expenses incurred in connection with activities as a candidate or in
				connection with the performance of duties or activities as a public
				officeholder, including payment of rent, utility, and other reasonable housing
				or household expenses incurred in maintaining a residence in Travis County by
				members of the legislature who do not normally reside in Travis County, but
				excluding payments prohibited pursuant to § 22.15 of this title (relating
				to Prohibition on Payments Made to Purchase Real Property);
(2) payments of federal income taxes due on
				interest and other income earned on political contributions;
(3) use of contributions for defending a
				criminal action or prosecuting or defending a civil action brought by or
				against the individual in his or her status as a candidate or
				officeholder;
(4) use of
				contributions for participating in an election contest or participating in a
				civil action to determine an individual's eligibility to be a candidate for, or
				elected or appointed to, a public office in this state;
(5) an expenditure for a purpose listed in
				§
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				20.289 of this title (relating to Disposition
				of Unexpended Contributions);
(6)
				payment of travel expenses of a candidate's spouse or any other person if the
				spouse or other person is campaigning for candidate; or
(7) payment of travel expenses of an
				officeholder's spouse or any other person if the other person's travel is in
				connection with the performance of duties or activities as a public
				officeholder.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.19 - General Restrictions on Reimbursement of Personal Funds

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If a candidate
				makes political expenditures from the candidate's personal funds, he or she may
				reimburse those personal funds from political contributions only if the
				expenditure is reported and the candidate states his or her intent to reimburse
				personal funds pursuant to §
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				20.219(16) of this title
				(relating to Content of Candidate's Sworn Report of Contributions and
				Expenditures).
(b) If an
				officeholder who does not have a campaign treasurer appointment on file makes
				political expenditures from the officeholder's personal funds, he or she may
				reimburse those personal funds from political contributions only if the
				expenditure is reported and the officeholder states his or her intent to
				reimburse personal funds pursuant to §
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				20.279(12) of this title
				(relating to Contents of Officeholder's Sworn Report of Contributions and
				Expenditures).
(c) A candidate or
				officeholder may reimburse personal funds from political contributions for the
				use of personal assets for political purposes provided that the reimbursement
				is reported as a political expenditure.
(d) A candidate or officeholder who makes
				political expenditures from his or her personal funds may reimburse those
				personal funds from political contributions only if:
(1) the expenditures were fully reported as
				political expenditures on the report covering the period during which the
				expenditures were made; and
(2) the
				report disclosing the expenditures indicates that the expenditures were made
				from the candidate's or officeholder's personal funds and are subject to
				reimbursement.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.21 - Additional Restrictions on Reimbursement of Personal Funds and Payments on Certain Loans

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A candidate or
				officeholder who makes political expenditures from personal funds may not
				reimburse his or her personal funds from political contributions in amounts
				that in the aggregate exceed the following amounts for each election in which
				the person's name appears on the ballot:
(1)
				for a statewide office other than governor, $250,000; or
(2) for governor, $500,000.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.23 - Restrictions on Certain Payments

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				candidate or officeholder, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting,
				opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder, may not knowingly make or
				authorize a payment from a political contribution if the payment is made for
				personal services rendered by the candidate or officeholder or by the spouse or
				dependent child of the candidate or officeholder to:
(1) a business in which the candidate or
				officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10%, holds a position on
				the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business;
				or
(2) the candidate or
				officeholder or the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or
				officeholder.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.27 - General Instructions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				covered entity, including a group of covered entities or financial institutions
				that use a common privacy notice, may use the model form, at its option, to
				meet the content requirements of the privacy notice and opt out notice set out
				in §
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				22.10 and §
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				22.11 of this title (relating to Information
				to be Included in Privacy Notices and Form of Opt Out Notice to Consumers and
				Opt Out Methods).
(b) The model
				form is a standardized form, including page layout, content, format, style,
				pagination, and shading. Covered entities seeking to obtain legal safe harbor
				through use of the model form may modify it only as described in these
				instructions.
(c) Disclosure of
				certain information, such as assets, income, and information from a consumer
				reporting agency, may give rise to obligations under the Fair Credit Reporting
				Act (15 U.S.C. §§1681 - 1681x) (FCRA), for example, a requirement to
				permit a consumer to opt out of disclosures to affiliates or designation as a
				consumer reporting agency if disclosures are made to nonaffiliated third
				parties.
(d) The word "customer"
				may be replaced by the word "member" whenever it appears in the model form, as
				appropriate. A covered entity may replace the term "customer" with another
				appropriate term as provided under 28 TAC §
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				22.4(c) - (e).
(e) The model form consists of two pages,
				which may appear on both sides of a single sheet of paper, or may appear on two
				separate pages. Where a covered entity provides a long list of covered entities
				or financial institutions at the end of the model form in accord with the
				instructions in subsection (g)(3)(A)(i) of this section, or provides additional
				information in accord with the instructions in subsection (g)(3)(C) of this
				section, and the list or additional information exceeds the space available on
				page two of the model form, the list or additional information may extend to a
				third page.
(1) Page one contents. The first
				page consists of the following components:
(A) date last revised in the upper right-hand
				corner;
(B) title;
(C) key frame (Why?, What?, How?);
(D) disclosure table (Reasons we can share
				your personal information);
(E) "To
				limit our sharing" box, as needed, for the covered entity's opt out
				information;
(F) "Questions" box,
				for customer service contact information; and
(G) mail-in opt out form, as
				needed.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.29 - Activity after Death or Incapacity of Candidate or Officeholder

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The legal
				representative of a candidate or officeholder who has died or become
				incapacitated may accept political contributions and make or authorize
				expenditures only for the following purposes:
(1) payment of debts or expenses in
				connection with a campaign or in connection with officeholder duties and
				activities;
(2) payments to the
				political party with which the person was affiliated when the person's name
				last appeared on a ballot;
(3)
				political contributions to a candidate or political committee;
(4) donations to the Comptroller of Public
				Accounts for deposit in the state treasury;
(5) refunds of contributions to one or more
				persons from whom political contributions were received, not to exceed the
				total amount contributed by each person within the last two years;
(6) donations to a charity recognized by the
				Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt;
(7) donations to a public or private
				post-secondary educational institution or an institution of higher education as
				defined by the Education Code, §
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				61.003(8) (concerning
				Definitions), solely for the purpose of assisting or creating a scholarship
				program; or
(8) payment of federal
				income taxes due on interest and other income earned on political
				contributions.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.31 - Restrictions on Foreign Nationals

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Federal law prohibits contributions from foreign nationals
				  who have not been granted permanent residence in the United States. See United
				  States Code, Title 2, §441(e).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.35 - Corporate Contributions to Certain Political Committees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A political committee that accepts a
				monetary political contribution from a corporation or labor organization shall
				maintain the contribution in a separate account for political contributions
				from corporations and labor organizations.
(b) A political committee that accepts a
				political contribution from a corporation or labor organization shall not use
				the contribution to make a political contribution to:
(1) a candidate for elective office;
(2) an officeholder; or
(3) a political committee other than a hybrid
				committee, a direct campaign expenditure-only committee, or a political
				committee that supports or opposes measures exclusively.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 22 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Section 22.37 - Virtual Currency Contributions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Virtual
				currency contributions are considered "in-kind" contributions.
(b) A candidate, officeholder, or political
				committee must report a gain from the sale of virtual currency contributions on
				the appropriate schedule if the gain exceeds the reporting threshold set by
				Section
				254.031(9)
				of the Election Code and amended by §
									18.31 of this title (relating to
				Adjustments to Reporting Thresholds).
(c) The value of a virtual currency
				contribution shall be reported as the fair market value of the virtual currency
				upon receipt.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.1 - Corporations and Certain Associations Covered

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This chapter applies to:
(1) labor organizations;
(2) corporations that are organized under the
				Texas Business Corporation Act, the Texas For-Profit Corporation Law, the Texas
				Non-Profit Corporation Act, the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Law, federal law,
				or the laws of another state or nation; and
(3) the following associations, whether
				incorporated or not, which for purposes of this chapter are considered to be
				corporations covered by this chapter:
(A)
				banks;
(B) trust
				companies;
(C) savings and loan
				associations or companies;
(D)
				insurance companies;
(E) reciprocal
				or interinsurance exchanges;
(F)
				railroad companies;
(G) cemetery
				companies;
(H) government-regulated
				cooperatives;
(I) stock companies;
				and
(J) abstract and title
				insurance companies.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.5 - Corporate Loans

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A corporation
				may not make a loan to a candidate, officeholder, or political committee for
				campaign or officeholder purposes unless:
(1)
				the corporation has been legally and continuously engaged in the business of
				lending money for at least one year before the loan is made; and
(2) the loan is made in the due course of
				business.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.15 - Payments to a Corporation of the Candidate or Officeholder

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If a corporation charges a candidate,
				officeholder, or specific-purpose committee for supporting or assisting a
				candidate or officeholder less than fair market value for goods or services in
				order to comply with §
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				253.041(b) of the Election
				Code, the discount is not a prohibited corporate contribution.
(b) If the discount is greater than is
				necessary to comply with §
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				253.041(b) of the Election
				Code, the discount is a prohibited corporate contribution if the discount is
				not otherwise authorized by this chapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.17 - Corporate Expenditures for Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns Permitted

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An expenditure
				to finance a voter registration or get-out-the-vote drive is not a political
				expenditure if the drive encourages voting in general but does not encourage
				voting for or against a measure, candidate, officeholder, or political
				party.
(b) A corporation or labor
				organization is permitted to make an expenditure described in subsection (a) of
				this section.
(c) A corporate or
				labor organization expenditure described by subsection (a) of this section is
				not reportable.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.18 - Designation of Contribution for Administrative Purposes

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Any of the following will serve to
				designate a political expenditure in the form of a political contribution made
				by a corporation or labor organization as restricted to the establishment,
				administration, maintenance, or operation of a general-purpose committee:
(1) A contemporaneous written instruction
				that the contribution is restricted to the administration, maintenance, or
				operation of the committee accepting the contribution;
(2) The negotiable instrument conveying the
				contribution contains language indicating that the entity is a corporation,
				including but not limited to "Inc.," "Incorporated," "Corp.," or
				"Corporation;"
(3) The
				general-purpose committee accepting the contribution reports the contribution
				as monetary contribution or monetary support from a corporation or labor
				organization on the committee's campaign finance report ; or
(4) The general-purpose committee accepting
				the contribution deposits the contribution into a separate segregated account
				for political contributions from corporations and labor organizations.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 24 - RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES APPLICABLE TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS › Section 24.19 - Affidavit Required by a Political Committee Making a Direct Campaign Expenditure from a Political Contribution Accepted from a Corporation or Labor Organization

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A political committee, including a direct campaign
				  expenditure-only committee, must include in its campaign treasurer appointment
				  the affidavit described by section 252.003(a)(4) (relating to contents of a
				  general-purpose committee's campaign treasurer appointment) or 252.0031(a)(2)
				  (relating to contents of a specific-purpose committee's campaign treasurer
				  appointment) of the Election Code, as applicable, before using a political
				  contribution from a corporation or labor organization to make a direct campaign
				  expenditure in connection with a campaign for an elective
				  office.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING › Section 26.1 - Disclosure Statement

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A disclosure
				statement that is required by §
									RSA
				255.001, Election Code, must contain the
				words "political advertising" or any recognizable abbreviation, and must:
(1) appear on one line of text or on
				successive lines of text on the face of the political advertising; or
(2) be clearly spoken in the political
				advertising if the political advertising does not include written
				text.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING › Section 26.2 - Newsletter of Public Officer of a Political Subdivision

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
For purposes of §
									RSA
				  255.003 of the Election Code, a newsletter of
				  a public officer of a political subdivision is not political advertising
				  if:
(1) It includes no more than two
				pictures of a public officer per page and if the total amount of area covered
				by the pictures is no more than 20 percent of the page on which the pictures
				appear;
(2) It includes no more
				than eight personally phrased references (such as the public officer's name,
				"I", "me", "the city council member") on a page that is 8 1/2" x 11" or larger,
				with a reasonable reduction in the number of such personally phrased references
				in pages smaller than 8 1/2" x 11"; and
(3) When viewed as a whole and in the proper
				context:
(A) is informational rather than
				self-promotional;
(B) does not
				advocate passage or defeat of a measure; and
(C) does not support or oppose a candidate
				for nomination or election to a public office or office of political party, a
				political party, or a public officer.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING › Section 26.3 - Legislative Advertising

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Political advertising as defined by the Election Code,
				  Section
				  RSA
				  251.001(16) (concerning
				  Definitions), does not constitute legislative advertising under the Government
				  Code, Section
				  RSA
				  305.027 (concerning Required Disclosure on
				  Legislative Advertising).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING › Section 26.5 - Code of Fair Campaign Practices

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A candidate or political committee that has filed a copy of
				  the Code of Fair Campaign Practices as provided by the Election Code, Chapter
				  258, may indicate that fact on political advertising by including the following
				  or a substantially similar statement: (Name of the candidate or political
				  committee, as appropriate) subscribes to the Code of Fair Campaign
				  Practices.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 26 - POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE ADVERTISING › Section 26.7 - Use of the Term "Reelect" in Political Advertising

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A person or candidate may, in the event of redistricting, use
				  the term "reelect" in a campaign for elective office only if the candidate is
				  the elected incumbent of an office that represented any part of the new or
				  renumbered district prior to the redistricting.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 28 - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Section 28.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter 28,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise: Campaign funds--For purposes of the Government Code, Chapter 302
				  (concerning Speaker of the House of Representatives), "campaign funds" as
				  defined in §302.011 (concerning Definitions) shall include "interest
				  earned" and shall include "interest paid."
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 28 - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Section 28.5 - Information To Report

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Each report required to be filed with the commission pursuant
				  to the Government Code, §
									RSA
				  302.013 (concerning Filing of Statement of
				  Contributions, Loans, and Expenditures), shall set forth the total amount of
				  interest earned during the reporting period.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 28 - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Section 28.7 - Permitted Expenditures

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
As required by the Government Code, §
									RSA
				  302.020 (concerning Permitted Expenditures),
				  a speaker candidate shall not expend campaign funds for any purpose other than
				  those permitted by §302.020 (concerning Permitted Expenditures), and then
				  only if those expenditures are directly related to the speaker candidacy;
				  provided, that this section is not intended to prohibit the payment from
				  campaign funds of federal income taxes due on campaign funds.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 28 - REPORTS BY A CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES › Section 28.9 - Segregation of Campaign Funds

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
All contributed campaign funds shall be maintained in
				  accounts separate and apart from any other accounts.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.1 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Communicates directly
				  with, or any variation of that phrase--In Government Code, Chapter 305, and in
				  this chapter includes communication by facsimile transmission.
(2) Expenditure--In Government Code, Chapter
				  305, and in this chapter does not include a payment of less than $200 that is
				  fully reimbursed by the member of the legislative or executive branch who
				  benefits from the expenditure if the member of the legislative or executive
				  branch fully reimburses the person making the payment before the date the
				  person would otherwise be required to report the payment.
(3) Lobby activity--Direct communication with
				  and preparation for direct communication with a member of the legislative or
				  executive branch to influence legislation or administrative action.
(4) Registrant--In Government Code, Chapter
				  305, and in this chapter means a person who is required to register as well as
				  a person who has registered regardless of whether that person's registration
				  was required.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.3 - Compensation for Preparation Time

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Compensation a person receives for preparing to communicate
					 directly with a member of the legislative or executive branch to influence
					 legislation or administrative action is included in calculating compensation
					 for purposes of the registration and reporting requirements in Government Code,
					 Chapter 305, and this chapter. Examples of preparation for lobby communications
					 include participation in strategy sessions, review and analysis of legislation
					 or administrative matters, research and communication with the employer/client.
					 A person who does not directly communicate with a member of the legislative or
					 executive branch to influence legislation or administrative action is not
					 required to register because of compensation received for preparing to do
					 so.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.5 - Certain Compensation Excluded

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Compensation received for the following activities is not included for purposes
				  of calculating the registration threshold under Government Code §
										RSA
				  305.003(a)(2) and this
				  chapter:
(1) requesting a written opinion that
				  interprets a law, regulation, rule, policy, practice, or procedure administered
				  by a state office or agency;
(2)
				  preparation or submission of an application or other written document that
				  merely provides information required by law, statute, rule, regulation, order,
				  or subpoena, or that responds to a document prepared by a state
				  agency;
(3) communicating merely
				  for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with an audit, inspection,
				  examination of a financial institution, or government investigation to
				  interpret and determine compliance with existing laws, rules, policies, and
				  procedures;
(4) communicating for
				  the purpose of achieving compliance with existing laws, rules, policies, and
				  procedures, including communications to show qualification for an exception of
				  general applicability that is available under existing laws, rules, policies,
				  and procedures;
(5) providing to a
				  member of the legislative or executive branch information consisting of facts
				  or data that the member requested in writing regarding legislation or
				  administrative action, when the request was not solicited by or on behalf of
				  the person providing the information;
(6) communicating to an agency's legal
				  counsel, an administrative law judge, or a hearings examiner concerning
				  litigation or adjudicative proceedings to which the agency is a party, or
				  concerning adjudicative proceedings of that agency;
(7) providing testimony, making an
				  appearance, or any other type of communication documented as part of a public
				  record in a proceeding of an adjudicative nature of the type authorized by or
				  subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code, Chapter 2001,
				  whether or not that proceeding is subject to the Open Meetings Law;
(8) providing oral or written comments,
				  making an appearance, or any other type of communication, if documented as part
				  of a public record in an agency's rule-making proceeding under the
				  Administrative Procedure Act, Government Code, Chapter 2001, or in public
				  records kept in connection with a legislative hearing; or
(9) providing only clerical assistance to
				  another in connection with the other person's lobbying (for example, a person
				  who merely types or delivers another person's letter to a member).
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.7 - Reimbursement for Office Expenses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Reimbursement received for the following office expenses is
					 not included in calculating reimbursement for purposes of the registration and
					 reporting requirements in Government Code, Chapter 305, and this
					 chapter:
(1) long distance telephone
				  charges;
(2) delivery
				  charges;
(3) photocopy
				  expenses;
(4) facsimile
				  expenses;
(5) office
				  supplies;
(6) postage;
				  and
(7) dues and
				  subscriptions.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.9 - Taxes and Tips

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Taxes and tips are not included in determining the amount
					 of an expenditure for purposes of Government Code, Chapter 305, and this
					 chapter.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.11 - Attribution of Expenditure to More Than One Person; Reimbursement of Lobby Expenditure

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided by Government Code, §
										RSA
				  305.0021, a lobby expenditure made on a
				  person's behalf and with the person's consent or ratification is an expenditure
				  by that person for purposes of registration and reporting under Government
				  Code, Chapter 305, and this chapter.
(b) Payment of reimbursement to a registrant
				  is not included for purposes of calculation of the registration threshold under
				  Government Code, §
										RSA
				  305.003(a)(1), and is not
				  required to be reported if the registrant receiving the reimbursement reports
				  the expenditure on a lobby activity report.
(c) A registrant is not required to report a
				  lobby expenditure attributable to more than one person if another registrant
				  has reported the expenditure.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.13 - Incidental Expenditures for Transportation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Government Code, §
										RSA
					 305.024(a)(3), does not
					 prohibit an expenditure for transportation of incidental value such as
					 transportation in the form of a ride of short duration in a personal car or
					 taxi.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.14 - Expenditures for Fact-Finding Trips

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  For purposes of §
										RSA
				  305.025(3), Government Code,
				  an expenditure for transportation or lodging provided to a member of the
				  legislative or executive branch is for a fact-finding trip only if:
(1) the expenditure is necessary for the
				  member to obtain information that directly relates to the member's official
				  duties;
(2) the member cannot
				  reasonably obtain the information without the expenditure; and
(3) the expenditure is not for the member's
				  attendance at a merely ceremonial event or pleasure trip.
Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 34 - REGULATION OF LOBBYISTS › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 34.15 - Reporting Subject Matter

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  registrant reporting subject matter under Government Code, §
										RSA
				  305.005(f)(4), (f)(5)(B), or
				  §
										RSA
				  305.006(d), of this chapter,
				  shall report subject matter by marking the appropriate subject matter
				  categories.
(b) A registrant
				  reporting the subject matter of communications to influence administrative
				  action shall also report, if known or reasonably available to the registrant,
				  the docket number or other administrative designation of any administrative
				  action that is the subject of the registrant's direct communication with a
				  member of the executive branch, and the name of the agency or department at
				  which the administrative action is pending.