Tex. Election Code § 253.041
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 253.041, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 253.041. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A candidate or officeholder or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder may not knowingly make or authorize a payment from a political contribution if the payment is made for personal services rendered by the candidate or officeholder or by the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or officeholder to:
(1) a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business; or
(2) the candidate or officeholder or the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or officeholder.
(b) A payment that is made from a political contribution to a business described by Subsection (a) and that is not prohibited by that subsection may not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the business for actual expenditures made by the business.
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
(1) a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business; or
(2) the candidate or officeholder or the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or officeholder.
(b) A payment that is made from a political contribution to a business described by Subsection (a) and that is not prohibited by that subsection may not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the business for actual expenditures made by the business.
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.
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