{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.105","heading":"CONTRIBUTIONS TO DIRECT EXPENDITURE ONLY COMMITTEES.","body":"(a) A corporation or labor organization may make a political contribution from its own property to a political committee that:\n(1) is not established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder;\n(2) makes or intends to make direct campaign expenditures;\n(3) does not make or intend to make political contributions to:\n(A) a candidate;\n(B) an officeholder;\n(C) a specific-purpose committee established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder; or\n(D) a political committee that makes or intends to make political contributions to a candidate, an officeholder, or a specific-purpose committee established or controlled by a candidate or an officeholder; and\n(4) has filed an affidavit with the commission stating the committee's intention to operate as described by Subdivisions (2) and (3).\n(b) A political contribution made by a corporation or labor organization under this section does not constitute a violation of Section 253.094(a) and the acceptance of the political contribution does not constitute a violation of Section 253.003(b).\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 209 (H.B. 3580), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES","SUBCHAPTER D. CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm#253.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"02c3333d9c95653d211c46b5101dcf8640694192de0440224f56902db5dd5c96","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.131"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}