SUBCHAPTER A RECORDKEEPING
SUBCHAPTER B POLITICAL REPORTING GENERALLY
- Texas Section 254.001 - Recordkeeping Required
(a) Each candidate and each officeholder shall maintain a record of all reportable activity. (b) Each campaign treasurer of a political committee shall maintain a...
- Texas Section 254.031 - General Contents Of Reports
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, each report filed under this chapter must include: (1) the amount of political contributions from each person...
- Texas Section 254.0311 - Report By Legislative Caucus
(a) A legislative caucus shall file a report of contributions and expenditures as required by this section. (b) A report filed under this section must...
- Texas Section 254.0312 - Best Efforts
(a) A person required to file a report under this chapter is considered to be in compliance with Section 254.0612, 254.0912, or 254.1212 only if...
- Texas Section 254.032 - Nonreportable Personal Travel Expense
A political contribution consisting of personal travel expense incurred by an individual is not required to be reported under this chapter if the individual receives...
- Texas Section 254.033 - Nonreportable Personal Service
A political contribution consisting of an individual's personal service is not required to be reported under this chapter if the individual receives no compensation for...
- Texas Section 254.034 - Time Of Accepting Contribution
(a) A determination to accept or refuse a political contribution that is received by a candidate, officeholder, or political committee shall be made not later...
- Texas Section 254.035 - Time Of Making Expenditure
(a) For purposes of reporting under this chapter, a political expenditure is not considered to have been made until the amount is readily determinable by...
- Texas Section 254.036 - Form Of Report; Affidavit; Mailing Of Forms
(a) Each report filed under this chapter with an authority other than the commission must be in a format prescribed by the commission. A report...
- Texas Section 254.0362 - Use Of Publicly Accessible Computer Terminal For Preparation Of Reports
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a person who is required to file reports under this chapter may use a publicly accessible computer terminal...
- Texas Section 254.037 - Filing Deadline
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the deadline for filing a report required by this chapter is 5 p.m. on the last day permitted...
- Texas Section 254.038 - Special Report Near Election By Certain Candidates And Political Committees
(a) In addition to other reports required by this chapter, the following persons shall file additional reports during the period beginning the ninth day before...
- Texas Section 254.039 - Special Report Near Election By Certain General-purpose Committees
(a) In addition to other reports required by this chapter, a general-purpose committee shall file additional reports during the period beginning the ninth day before...
- Texas Section 254.0391 - Report During Special Legislative Session
(a) A statewide officeholder, a member of the legislature, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the...
- Texas Section 254.040 - Preservation Of Reports; Record Of Inspection
(a) Each report filed under this chapter shall be preserved by the authority with whom it is filed for at least two years after the...
- Texas Section 254.0401 - Availability Of Reports On Internet
(a) The commission shall make each report filed with the commission under Section 254.036(b) available to the public on the Internet not later than the...
- Texas Section 254.04011 - Availability Of Reports Of School Trustees On Internet
(a) This section applies only to a school district: (1) located wholly or partly in a municipality with a population of more than 500,000; and...
- Texas Section 254.0402 - Public Inspection Of Reports
(a) Notwithstanding Section 552.222(a), Government Code, the authority with whom a report is filed under this chapter may not require a person examining the report...
- Texas Section 254.0405 - Amendment Of Filed Report
(a) A person who files a semiannual report under this chapter may amend the report. (b) A semiannual report that is amended before the eighth...
- Texas Section 254.041 - Criminal Penalty For Untimely Or Incomplete Report
(a) A person who is required by this chapter to file a report commits an offense if the person knowingly fails: (1) to file the...
- Texas Section 254.042 - Civil Penalty For Late Report
(a) The commission shall determine from any available evidence whether a report required to be filed with the commission under this chapter is late. On...
SUBCHAPTER C REPORTING BY CANDIDATE
- Texas Section 254.043 - Action To Require Compliance
(a) This section applies only to: (1) a person required to file reports under this chapter with the commission; or (2) a person required to...
- Texas Section 254.061 - Additional Contents Of Reports
In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a candidate must include: (1) the candidate's full name and address, the office...
- Texas Section 254.0611 - Additional Contents Of Reports By Certain Judicial Candidates
(a) In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.061, each report by a candidate for a judicial office covered by Subchapter F,...
- Texas Section 254.0612 - Additional Contents Of Reports By Candidate For Statewide Executive Office Or Legislative Office
In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.061, each report by a candidate for a statewide office in the executive branch or...
- Texas Section 254.062 - Certain Officeholder Activity Included
If an officeholder who becomes a candidate has reportable activity that is not reported under Subchapter D before the end of the period covered by...
- Texas Section 254.063 - Semiannual Reporting Schedule For Candidate
(a) A candidate shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section. (b) The first report shall be filed not later than...
- Texas Section 254.064 - Additional Reports Of Opposed Candidate
(a) In addition to other required reports, for each election in which a person is a candidate and has an opponent whose name is to...
- Texas Section 254.065 - Final Report
(a) If a candidate expects no reportable activity in connection with the candidacy to occur after the period covered by a report filed under this...
SUBCHAPTER D REPORTING BY OFFICEHOLDER
- Texas Section 254.066 - Authority With Whom Reports Filed
Reports under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the candidate's campaign treasurer appointment is required to be filed. Amended by Acts...
- Texas Section 254.091 - Additional Contents Of Reports
In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by an officeholder must include: (1) the officeholder's full name and address and the...
- Texas Section 254.0911 - Additional Contents Of Reports By Certain Judicial Officeholders
In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.091, each report by a holder of a judicial office covered by Subchapter F, Chapter...
- Texas Section 254.0912 - Additional Contents Of Reports By Statewide Executive Officeholders And Legislative Officeholders
In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.091, each report by a holder of a statewide office in the executive branch or...
- Texas Section 254.092 - Certain Officeholder Expenditures Excluded
An officeholder is not required to report officeholder expenditures made from the officeholder's personal funds, except as provided by Section 253.035(h). Amended by Acts 1987,...
- Texas Section 254.093 - Semiannual Reporting Schedule For Officeholder
(a) An officeholder shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section. (b) The first report shall be filed not later than...
- Texas Section 254.094 - Report Following Appointment Of Campaign Treasurer
(a) An officeholder who appoints a campaign treasurer shall file a report as provided by this section. (b) The report covers the period beginning the...
- Texas Section 254.095 - Report Not Required
If at the end of any reporting period prescribed by this subchapter an officeholder who is required to file a report with an authority other...
- Texas Section 254.096 - Officeholder Who Becomes Candidate
An officeholder who becomes a candidate is subject to Subchapter C during each period covered by a report required to be filed under Subchapter C....
SUBCHAPTER E REPORTING BY SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE
- Texas Section 254.097 - Authority With Whom Reports Filed
Reports under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom a campaign treasurer appointment by a candidate for the office held by the...
- Texas Section 254.121 - Additional Contents Of Reports
In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee must include: (1) the committee's full...
- Texas Section 254.1211 - Additional Contents Of Reports Of Certain Committees
In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.121, each report by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for or...
- Texas Section 254.1212 - Additional Contents Of Reports Of Committee Supporting Or Opposing Candidate For Statewide Executive Officeholders Or Legislative Officeholders Or Assisting Statewide Executive Officeholders Or Legislative Officeholders
In addition to the contents required by Sections 254.031 and 254.121, each report by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for or...
- Texas Section 254.122 - Involvement In More Than One Election By Certain Committees
If a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing more than one candidate becomes involved in more than one election for which the reporting periods prescribed...
- Texas Section 254.123 - Semiannual Reporting Schedule For Committee
(a) The campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose committee shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section. (b) The first report shall...
- Texas Section 254.124 - Additional Reports Of Committee For Supporting Or Opposing Candidate Or Measure
(a) In addition to other required reports, for each election in which a specific-purpose committee supports or opposes a candidate or measure, the committee's campaign...
- Texas Section 254.125 - Final Report Of Committee For Supporting Or Opposing Candidate Or Measure
(a) If a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate or measure expects no reportable activity in connection with the election to occur after...
- Texas Section 254.126 - Dissolution Report Of Committee For Assisting Officeholder
(a) If a specific-purpose committee for assisting an officeholder expects no reportable activity to occur after the period covered by a report filed under this...
- Texas Section 254.127 - Termination Report
(a) If the campaign treasurer appointment of a specific-purpose committee is terminated, the terminated campaign treasurer shall file a termination report. (b) A termination report...
- Texas Section 254.128 - Notice To Candidate And Officeholder Of Contributions And Expenditures
(a) If a specific-purpose committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures for a candidate or officeholder, the committee's campaign treasurer shall deliver written notice...
- Texas Section 254.129 - Notice Of Change In Committee Status
(a) If a specific-purpose committee changes its operation and becomes a general-purpose committee, the committee's campaign treasurer shall deliver written notice of the change in...
SUBCHAPTER F REPORTING BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE
- Texas Section 254.130 - Authority With Whom Reports Filed
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), reports filed under this subchapter shall be filed with the authority with whom the political committee's campaign treasurer...
- Texas Section 254.151 - Additional Contents Of Reports
In addition to the contents required by Section 254.031, each report by a campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee must include: (1) the committee's full...
- Texas Section 254.152 - Time For Reporting Certain Expenditures
If a general-purpose committee makes a political expenditure in the form of a political contribution to another general-purpose committee or to an out-of-state political committee...
- Texas Section 254.153 - Semiannual Reporting Schedule For Committee
(a) The campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee shall file two reports for each year as provided by this section. (b) The first report shall...
- Texas Section 254.154 - Additional Reports Of Committee Involved In Election
(a) In addition to other required reports, for each election in which a general-purpose committee is involved, the committee's campaign treasurer shall file two reports....
- Texas Section 254.1541 - Alternate Reporting Requirements For Certain Committees
(a) This section applies only to a general-purpose committee with less than $20,000 in one or more accounts maintained by the committee in which political...
- Texas Section 254.155 - Option To File Monthly; Notice
(a) As an alternative to filing reports under Sections 254.153 and 254.154, a general-purpose committee may file monthly reports. (b) To be entitled to file...
- Texas Section 254.156 - Contents Of Monthly Reports
Each monthly report filed under this subchapter must comply with Sections 254.031 and 254.151 except that the maximum amount of a political contribution, expenditure, or...
- Texas Section 254.157 - Monthly Reporting Schedule
(a) The campaign treasurer of a general-purpose committee filing monthly reports shall file a report not later than the fifth day of the month following...
- Texas Section 254.158 - Exception To Monthly Reporting Schedule
If the campaign treasurer appointment of a general-purpose committee filing monthly reports is filed after January 1 of the year in which monthly reports are...
- Texas Section 254.1581 - Reporting By Out-of-state Political Committee
For each reporting period under this subchapter in which an out-of-state political committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures, the committee shall file with...
- Texas Section 254.159 - Dissolution Report
If a general-purpose committee expects no reportable activity to occur after the period covered by a report filed under this subchapter, the report may be...
- Texas Section 254.160 - Termination Report
If the campaign treasurer appointment of a general-purpose committee is terminated, the campaign treasurer shall file a termination report as prescribed by Section 254.127 for...
- Texas Section 254.161 - Notice To Candidate And Officeholder Of Contributions And Expenditures
If a general-purpose committee other than the principal political committee of a political party or a political committee established by a political party's county executive...
- Texas Section 254.162 - Notice Of Change In Committee Status
If a general-purpose committee changes its operation and becomes a specific-purpose committee, notice of the change in status shall be given to the commission as...
- Texas Section 254.163 - Authority With Whom Reports Filed
Reports filed under this subchapter shall be filed with the commission. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;...
SUBCHAPTER G MODIFIED REPORTING PROCEDURES; $500 MAXIMUM IN CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES
- Texas Section 254.164 - Certain Committees Exempt From Civil Penalties
The commission may not impose a civil penalty on a general-purpose committee for a violation of this chapter if the report filed by the committee...
- Texas Section 254.181 - Modified Reporting Authorized
(a) An opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee required to file reports under Subchapter C or E may file a report under this subchapter instead if...
- Texas Section 254.182 - Declaration Of Intent Required
(a) To be entitled to file reports under this subchapter, an opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee must file with the campaign treasurer appointment a written...
- Texas Section 254.183 - Maximum Exceeded
(a) An opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee that exceeds $500 in political contributions or political expenditures in the election shall file reports as required by...
SUBCHAPTER H UNEXPENDED CONTRIBUTIONS
- Texas Section 254.184 - Applicability Of Regular Reporting Requirements
(a) Subchapter C or E, as applicable, applies to an opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee filing under this subchapter to the extent that the appropriate...
- Texas Section 254.201 - Annual Report Of Unexpended Contributions
(a) This section applies to: (1) a former officeholder who has unexpended political contributions after filing the last report required to be filed by Subchapter...
- Texas Section 254.202 - Filing Of Report; Contents
(a) A person shall file the report required by Section 254.201 not earlier than January 1 or later than January 15 of each year following...
- Texas Section 254.203 - Retention Of Contributions
(a) A person may not retain political contributions covered by this title, assets purchased with the contributions, or interest and other income earned on the...
- Texas Section 254.204 - Disposition Of Unexpended Contributions
(a) At the end of the six-year period prescribed by Section 254.203, the former officeholder or candidate shall remit any unexpended political contributions to one...
SUBCHAPTER I CIVIL LIABILITY
- Texas Section 254.205 - Report Of Disposition Of Unexpended Contributions
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the six-year period prescribed by Section 254.203 ends, the person required to dispose of unexpended...
- Texas Section 254.231 - Liability To Candidates
(a) A candidate or campaign treasurer or assistant campaign treasurer of a political committee who fails to report in whole or in part a campaign...
SUBCHAPTER J REPORTING BY CERTAIN PERSONS MAKING DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES
- Texas Section 254.232 - Liability To State
A candidate, officeholder, or campaign treasurer or assistant campaign treasurer of a political committee who fails to report in whole or in part a political...
- Texas Section 254.261 - Direct Campaign Expenditure Exceeding $100
Sec. 254.261. DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE EXCEEDING $100. (a) A person not acting in concert with another person who makes one or more direct campaign expenditures...
- Texas Section 254.262 - Travel Expense
A direct campaign expenditure consisting of personal travel expenses incurred by a person may be made without complying with Section 254.261. Added by Acts 2011,...