{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.043","heading":"POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH APPOINTIVE OFFICE.","body":"A former candidate or former officeholder who lawfully accepts political contributions may use those contributions to make an expenditure to defray expenses incurred by the person in performing a duty or engaging in an activity in connection with an appointive office of a state board or commission.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 2.09, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","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#253.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"810324b9a51683800a17fd79839e37ef66821df323153c653f1197686dfc8cfc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}