{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.032","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.032","heading":"LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTION BY OUT-OF-STATE COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) In a reporting period, a candidate, officeholder, or political committee may not knowingly accept political contributions totaling more than $500 from an out-of-state political committee unless, before accepting a contribution that would cause the total to exceed $500, the candidate, officeholder, or political committee, as applicable, receives from the out-of-state committee:\n(1) a written statement, certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee, listing the full name and address of each person who contributed more than $100 to the out-of-state committee during the 12 months immediately preceding the date of the contribution; or\n(2) a copy of the out-of-state committee's statement of organization filed as required by law with the Federal Election Commission and certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee.\n(b) This section does not apply to a contribution from an out-of-state political committee if the committee appointed a campaign treasurer under Chapter 252 before the contribution was made and is subject to the reporting requirements of Chapter 254.\n(c) A person who violates Subsection (a) commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(d) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee shall include the statement or copy required by Subsection (a) as a part of the report filed under Chapter 254 that covers the reporting period to which Subsection (a) applies.\n(e) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee that accepts political contributions totaling $500 or less from an out-of-state political committee shall include as part of the report filed under Chapter 254 that covers the reporting period in which the contribution is accepted:\n(1) the same information for the out-of-state political committee required for general-purpose committees by Sections 252.002 and 252.003; or\n(2) a copy of the out-of-state committee's statement of organization filed as required by law with the Federal Election Commission and certified by an officer of the out-of-state committee.\nAmended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES","SUBCHAPTER B. CANDIDATES, OFFICEHOLDERS, AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm#253.032","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"f5123a3b932d4335d3040aa60f1494c9e0e6dcd639bb87ac8ba13805e7f86371","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.033"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}