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Texas Election Code - Section 255.006. Misleading Use Of Office Title

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§ 255.006. MISLEADING USE OF OFFICE TITLE.  (a) A person 
commits an offense if the person knowingly enters into a contract or 
other agreement to print, publish, or broadcast political 
advertising with the intent to represent to an ordinary and prudent 
person that a candidate holds a public office that the candidate 
does not hold at the time the agreement is made.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly 
represents in a campaign communication that a candidate holds a 
public office that the candidate does not hold at the time the 
representation is made.
	(c)  For purposes of this section, a person represents that a 
candidate holds a public office that the candidate does not hold if:
		(1)  the candidate does not hold the office that the 
candidate seeks;  and  
		(2)  the political advertising or campaign 
communication states the public office sought but does not include 
the word "for" in a type size that is at least one-half the type size 
used for the name of the office to clarify that the candidate does 
not hold that office.
	(d)  A person other than an officeholder commits an offense 
if the person knowingly uses a representation of the state seal in 
political advertising.
	(e)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.                   

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1987;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 300, § 30, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, § 250, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 
1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1134, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 5.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th 
Leg., ch. 737, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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