{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.181","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 254.181","heading":"MODIFIED REPORTING AUTHORIZED.","body":"(a) An opposed candidate or specific-purpose committee required to file reports under Subchapter C or E may file a report under this subchapter instead if the candidate or committee does not intend to accept political contributions that in the aggregate exceed $500 or to make political expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $500 in connection with the election.\n(b) The amount of a filing fee paid by a candidate is excluded from the $500 maximum expenditure permitted under this section.\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 G. MODIFIED REPORTING PROCEDURES; $500 MAXIMUM IN CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.254.htm#254.181","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"120b8e11dfa8b0ac5e7d3ef616e3963f3103725deae21e011d124cce1978c5eb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.164","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-254.182"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}