{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-255.0031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 255.0031","heading":"UNLAWFUL USE OF INTERNAL MAIL SYSTEM FOR POLITICAL ADVERTISING.","body":"(a) An officer or employee of a state agency or political subdivision may not knowingly use or authorize the use of an internal mail system for the distribution of political advertising.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to:\n(1) the use of an internal mail system to distribute political advertising that is delivered to the premises of a state agency or political subdivision through the United States Postal Service; or\n(2) the use of an internal mail system by a state agency or municipality to distribute political advertising that is the subject of or related to an investigation, hearing, or other official proceeding of the agency or municipality.\n(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(d) In this section:\n(1) \"Internal mail system\" means a system operated by a state agency or political subdivision to deliver written documents to officers or employees of the agency or subdivision.\n(2) \"State agency\" means:\n(A) a department, commission, board, office, or other agency that is in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch of state government;\n(B) a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code; or\n(C) a river authority created under the constitution or a statute of this state.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 229, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 255. REGULATING POLITICAL ADVERTISING AND CAMPAIGN COMMUNICATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.255.htm#255.0031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"d967229d12fb0440c383dba9c95b6f11a340f574f054fe2760eacd920cf0566e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-255.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-255.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}