{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-257.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 257.004","heading":"RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS BEFORE GENERAL ELECTION.","body":"(a) Beginning on the 60th day before the date of the general election for state and county officers and continuing through the day of the election, a political party may not knowingly accept a contribution authorized by Section 253.104 or make an expenditure from the account required by Section 257.002.\n(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 5.19, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 15. REGULATING POLITICAL FUNDS AND CAMPAIGNS","CHAPTER 257. POLITICAL PARTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.257.htm#257.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e1c66d97097484d5c22bcfaf53dab012a5fce44a4457c64e3676f2873437ef27","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-257.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-257.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}