Sec. 253.171. CONTRIBUTION FROM OR DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE BY POLITICAL PARTY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a political contribution to or a direct campaign expenditure on behalf of a complying candidate that is made by the principal political committee of the state executive committee or a county executive committee of a political party is considered to be a political expenditure by the candidate for purposes of the expenditure limits prescribed by Section 253.168.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a political expenditure for a generic get-out-the-vote campaign or for a written list of two or more candidates that:
(1) identifies the party's candidates by name and office sought, office held, or photograph;
(2) does not include any reference to the judicial philosophy or positions on issues of the party's judicial candidates; and
(3) is not broadcast, cablecast, published in a newspaper or magazine, or placed on a billboard.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.
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