{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.164","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 254.164","heading":"CERTAIN COMMITTEES EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES.","body":"The commission may not impose a civil penalty on a general-purpose committee for a violation of this chapter if the report filed by the committee that is the subject of the violation discloses that the committee did not accept political contributions totaling $3,000 or more, accept political contributions from a single person totaling $1,000 or more, or make or authorize political expenditures totaling $3,000 or more during:\n(1) the reporting period covered by the report that is the subject of the violation; or\n(2) either of the two reporting periods preceding the reporting period described by Subdivision (1).\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (H.B. 89), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 254. POLITICAL REPORTING","SUBCHAPTER F. REPORTING BY GENERAL-PURPOSE COMMITTEE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.254.htm#254.164","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"87e279b2516052d32bbaf06a91893cda3c890cfaefb08054d72da0abd59043d2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.163","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.181"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}