Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION › Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES › Subchapter E - REPORTS BY A SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE › Section 20.329 - Modified Reporting

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  specific-purpose committee that would otherwise be required to file
				  pre-election reports and a runoff report, if necessary, may choose to file
				  under the modified schedule if the committee does not intend to accept more
				  than the aggregate amount of political contributions or make more than the
				  aggregate amount of political expenditures (excluding filing fees) specified in
				  Tex. Elec. Code §254.182(a), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
										18.31 in connection with any
				  election in an election cycle.
(b)
				  Under the modified schedule, the campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose
				  committee is not required to file pre-election reports or a runoff
				  report.
(c) To select modified
				  filing, a specific-purpose committee must file a declaration of the committee's
				  intent not to accept more than the aggregate amount of political contributions
				  or make more than the aggregate amount of political expenditures (excluding
				  filing fees) specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.182(b), as amended by
				  Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
										18.31 in connection with the
				  election. The declaration must include a statement that the committee
				  understands that if either one of those limits is exceeded, the committee's
				  campaign treasurer will be required to file pre-election reports and, if
				  necessary, a runoff report.
(d) A
				  declaration under subsection (c) of this section is filed with the committee's
				  campaign treasurer appointment.
(e)
				  To file under the modified schedule, a specific-purpose committee must file the
				  declaration required under subsection (c) of this section no later than the
				  30th day before the first election to which the declaration applies. A
				  declaration filed under subsection (c) of this section is valid for one
				  election cycle only.
(f) Except as
				  provided by subsection (g) of this section, a specific-purpose committee's
				  campaign treasurer must file pre-election reports and, if necessary, a runoff
				  report under the schedule set out in §
										20.325 of this title (relating to
				  Pre-election Reports) and §
										20.327 of this title (relating to
				  Runoff Report) if the committee exceeds either of the aggregate limits in
				  political contributions or political expenditures (excluding filing fees)
				  specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.183(a), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC
				  §
										18.31 limits for modified
				  reporting.
(g) If a
				  specific-purpose committee exceeds either of the aggregate limits in political
				  contributions or political expenditures (excluding filing fees) specified in
				  Tex. Elec. Code §254.183(b), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
										18.31 limits for modified reporting
				  after the 30th day before the election, the committee's campaign treasurer must
				  file a report not later than 48 hours after exceeding the limit.
(1) The period covered by a 48-hour report
				  shall begin either on the day the committee's campaign treasurer appointment
				  was filed (if it is the committee's first report of contributions and
				  expenditures) or on the first day after the period covered by the last report
				  (other than a special pre-election report or special session report) filed
				  under this subchapter, as applicable.
(2) The period covered by a 48-hour report
				  shall continue through the day the committee exceeded one of the limits for
				  modified reporting.