{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-251.0016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 251.0016","heading":"COMMON VENDOR.","body":"A person using the same vendor as a candidate, officeholder, or political committee established or controlled by a candidate or officeholder is not acting in concert with the candidate, officeholder, or committee to make a campaign expenditure unless the person makes the expenditure using information from the vendor about the campaign plans or needs of the candidate, officeholder, or committee that is:\n(1) material to the expenditure; and\n(2) not available to the public.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1127 (H.B. 2586), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 251. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.251.htm#251.0016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"879dff60d72a2203089951ac7e3d29e7baf436140e2cd4c497952c1c662930f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-251.0015","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-251.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}