{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.004","heading":"UNLAWFULLY MAKING EXPENDITURE.","body":"(a) A person may not knowingly make or authorize a political expenditure in violation of this chapter.\n(b) This section does not apply to a political expenditure made or authorized in violation of Subchapter F.\n(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAmended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1995.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL RESTRICTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm#253.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"29ca4661535af17f55b7f10e2f349bcdd9fafa935a6baf1a6110b98a983b01e5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}