{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.171","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 253.171","heading":"CONTRIBUTION FROM OR DIRECT CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE BY POLITICAL PARTY.","body":"A political expenditure that is made by the principal political committee of the state executive committee or a county executive committee of a political party for a generic get-out-the-vote campaign or to create and distribute a written list of two or more candidates is not considered a contribution to a judicial candidate who benefits from the get-out-the-vote campaign or is included in the written list and is not subject to the limits of Section 253.155 or 253.157 if the get-out-the-vote campaign or written list:\n(1) identifies the party's candidates by name and office sought, office held, or photograph;\n(2) does not include any reference to the judicial philosophy or positions on issues of the party's judicial candidates; and\n(3) is not broadcast, cablecast, published in a newspaper or magazine, or placed on a billboard.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 14, eff. June 2, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 253. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES","SUBCHAPTER F. JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN FAIRNESS ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.253.htm#253.171","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"f00db32ed91904d8024af32d0b3776fd487ffc9a5226bc669c8580faf149eec2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.167","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.176"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}