Tex. Election Code § 252.0031
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 252.0031, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 252.0031. CONTENTS OF APPOINTMENT BY SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE.
Official statutory text
(a) In addition to the information required by Section 252.002, a campaign treasurer appointment by a specific-purpose committee for supporting or opposing a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) must include:
(1) the name of and the office sought by the candidate; and
(2) before the committee may use a political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a direct campaign expenditure in connection with a campaign for an elective office, an affidavit stating that:
(A) the committee is not established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder; and
(B) the committee will not use any political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a political contribution to:
(i) a candidate for elective office;
(ii) an officeholder; or
(iii) a political committee that has not filed an affidavit under this subdivision or Section 252.003(a)(4).
(a-1) If the information required to be provided under Subsection (a) changes, the committee shall immediately file an amended appointment reflecting the change.
(a-2) Filing an affidavit under Subsection (a)(2) does not create any additional reporting requirements under Section 254.261.
(b) The name of a specific-purpose committee for supporting a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) must include the name of the candidate that the committee supports.
(1) the name of and the office sought by the candidate; and
(2) before the committee may use a political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a direct campaign expenditure in connection with a campaign for an elective office, an affidavit stating that:
(A) the committee is not established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder; and
(B) the committee will not use any political contribution from a corporation or a labor organization to make a political contribution to:
(i) a candidate for elective office;
(ii) an officeholder; or
(iii) a political committee that has not filed an affidavit under this subdivision or Section 252.003(a)(4).
(a-1) If the information required to be provided under Subsection (a) changes, the committee shall immediately file an amended appointment reflecting the change.
(a-2) Filing an affidavit under Subsection (a)(2) does not create any additional reporting requirements under Section 254.261.
(b) The name of a specific-purpose committee for supporting a candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005(1) must include the name of the candidate that the committee supports.
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