Tex. Election Code § 255.008
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 255.008, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 255.008. DISCLOSURE ON POLITICAL ADVERTISING FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a candidate or political committee covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253.
(b) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate may include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee) in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(c) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate that does not contain the statement prescribed by Subsection (b) must comply with Section 255.001.
(d) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to exceed the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate must include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee), (who or which) has rejected the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(e) The commission shall adopt rules providing for:
(1) the minimum size of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or in writing; and
(2) the minimum duration of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or radio.
(f) A person who violates this section or a rule adopted under this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed:
(1) $15,000, for a candidate for a statewide judicial office or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate;
(2) $10,000, for a candidate for chief justice or justice, court of appeals, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate; or
(3) $5,000, for a candidate for any other judicial office covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate.
(g) Section 253.176 applies to the imposition and disposition of a civil penalty under this section.
(b) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate may include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee) in compliance with the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(c) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to comply with the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate that does not contain the statement prescribed by Subsection (b) must comply with Section 255.001.
(d) Political advertising by a candidate who files a declaration of intent to exceed the limits on expenditures under Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate must include the following statement: "Political advertising paid for by (name of candidate or committee), (who or which) has rejected the voluntary limits of the Judicial Campaign Fairness Act."
(e) The commission shall adopt rules providing for:
(1) the minimum size of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or in writing; and
(2) the minimum duration of the disclosure required by this section in political advertising that appears on television or radio.
(f) A person who violates this section or a rule adopted under this section is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed:
(1) $15,000, for a candidate for a statewide judicial office or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate;
(2) $10,000, for a candidate for chief justice or justice, court of appeals, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate; or
(3) $5,000, for a candidate for any other judicial office covered by Subchapter F, Chapter 253, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting such a candidate.
(g) Section 253.176 applies to the imposition and disposition of a civil penalty under this section.
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