{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.039","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.039","heading":"CONTRIBUTIONS IN CERTAIN PUBLIC BUILDINGS PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) A person may not knowingly make or authorize a political contribution while in the Capitol or a courthouse to:\n(1) a candidate or officeholder;\n(2) a political committee; or\n(3) a person acting on behalf of a candidate, officeholder, or political committee.\n(b) A candidate, officeholder, or political committee or a person acting on behalf of a candidate, officeholder, or political committee may not knowingly accept a political contribution, and shall refuse a political contribution that is received, in the Capitol or a courthouse.\n(c) This section does not prohibit contributions made in the Capitol or a courthouse through the United States postal service or a common or contract carrier.\n(d) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(h) In this section, \"courthouse\" means any building owned by the state, a county, or a municipality, or an office or part of a building leased to the state, a county, or a municipality, in which a justice or judge sits to conduct court proceedings.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.07, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 1152), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","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#253.039","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"8e833c0e9314cf7998defc39507dc0ccf05fbab7542e5bbe595a6f93dc78f4b5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.038","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}