{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.133","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.133","heading":"LIABILITY TO STATE.","body":"A person who knowingly makes or accepts a political contribution or makes a political expenditure in violation of this chapter is liable for damages to the state in the amount of triple the value of the unlawful contribution or expenditure.\nAmended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES","SUBCHAPTER E. CIVIL LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm#253.133","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"ed5304afd4da07682e795b96eeb4b1e4a10d050b2569f952c75abe081ebff5ae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.132","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}