(a)
An individual must file a campaign treasurer appointment with the proper authority before accepting a campaign contribution or making or authorizing a campaign expenditure.
(1)
An officeholder may accept an officeholder contribution and make or authorize an officeholder expenditure without a campaign treasurer appointment on file.
(2)
An officeholder who does not have a campaign treasurer appointment on file may not accept a campaign contribution or make or authorize a campaign expenditure.
(b)
A political committee may not accept political contributions exceeding the amount specified for making political contributions or making or authorizing political expenditures in Tex. Elec. Code §253.031(b), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
18.31
without filing a campaign treasurer appointment with the appropriate filing authority.
(c)
Unless the committee's campaign treasurer appointment was filed not later than the 30th day before the appropriate election day, a political committee may not knowingly make or authorize campaign contributions or campaign expenditures exceeding the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §253.031(b), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC §
18.31
to support or oppose a candidate in a primary or general election for the following:
(1)
a statewide office;
(2)
a seat in the state legislature;
(3)
a seat on the State Board of Education;
(4)
a multi-county district office; or
(5)
a judicial district office filled by voters of only one county.
(d)
This section does not apply to the county executive committee of a political party except as provided in Chapter 20, Subchapter I of this title (relating to Rules Applicable to a Political Party's County Executive Committee).
History
The provisions of this §22.1 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9744; Amended to be effective September 19, 2001, 26 TexReg 7118; Amended by
Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 51, December 20, 2019, TexReg
7883
, eff.
1/1/2020
; Amended by
Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 48, November 27, 2020, TexReg
8513
, eff.
1/1/2021
; Amended by
Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 53, December 31, 2021, TexReg
9235
, eff.
1/3/2022
; Amended by
Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 41, October 14, 2022, TexReg
6823
, eff.
1/1/2023
; Amended by
Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 44, November 3, 2023, TexReg
6464
, eff.
1/1/2024