{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.041","heading":"RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.","body":"(a) A candidate or officeholder or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting the candidate or officeholder may not knowingly make or authorize a payment from a political contribution if the payment is made for personal services rendered by the candidate or officeholder or by the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or officeholder to:\n(1) a business in which the candidate or officeholder has a participating interest of more than 10 percent, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business; or\n(2) the candidate or officeholder or the spouse or dependent child of the candidate or officeholder.\n(b) A payment that is made from a political contribution to a business described by Subsection (a) and that is not prohibited by that subsection may not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the business for actual expenditures made by the business.\n(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.07, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.","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#253.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"1ee13ac8baa3718f7c2c2aee48abb2bf3ee17300ce2aef99a7164edc0f6fe620","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.040","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.042"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}