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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 253.101: UNLAWFUL CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE BY COMMITTEE.

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  1. ELECTION CODE
  2. TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS
  3. CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
  4. SUBCHAPTER D. CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

(a) A political committee assisted by a corporation or labor organization under Section 253.100 may not make a political contribution or political expenditure in whole or part from money that is known by a member or officer of the political committee to be dues, fees, or other money required as a condition of employment or condition of membership in a labor organization.

(a-1) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a political committee from making a political contribution or political expenditure wholly or partly from a campaign contribution made by a corporation or labor organization to the political committee under Section 253.096 or 253.097.

(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.

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