{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 254.001","heading":"RECORDKEEPING REQUIRED.","body":"(a) Each candidate and each officeholder shall maintain a record of all reportable activity.\n(b) Each campaign treasurer of a political committee shall maintain a record of all reportable activity.\n(c) The record must contain the information that is necessary for filing the reports required by this chapter.\n(d) A person required to maintain a record under this section shall preserve the record for at least two years beginning on the filing deadline for the report containing the information in the record.\n(e) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\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 254. POLITICAL REPORTING","SUBCHAPTER A. RECORDKEEPING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.254.htm#254.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2d914a1cdfc405d67fc9d4b13eff9ab65abe94908b6ff3d363f354db61191f40","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-253.176","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}