Sec. 173.084. EXPENSE REPORT BY PARTY. (a) Regardless of whether state funds are requested for paying primary expenses, each county chair and state chair shall prepare a report that includes:
(1) an itemized list of the actual expenses incurred in connection with the general and runoff primaries by the authority preparing the report and by the executive committee over which the authority presides;
(2) the amount of the primary candidates' filing fees required to be deposited in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair;
(3) the amount of filing fees that have been refunded;
(4) the amount of the contributions to the executive committee over which the authority preparing the report presides that:
(A) are for the purpose of defraying primary election expenses; and
(B) have not been included in a report filed under this section for a previous primary election year; and
(5) the balance in the county primary fund if the report is by a county chair, or in the state primary fund if the report is by the state chair, that remains after deducting the primary election expenses actually incurred and the refunded filing fees.
(b) The authority preparing the report shall file it with the secretary of state not later than the 30th day after runoff primary election day or not later than the 30th day after general primary election day if no runoff primary is held in the county, in the case of the county chair's report, or if no runoff primary is held for a statewide or district office, in the case of the state chair's report. The secretary for good cause may extend the filing deadline.
(c) The report must be sworn to by the authority preparing it.
(d) Any compensation claimed under Section 173.004 may be forfeited on the failure of a county chair to file a timely report.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 12(g), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 69, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 170, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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