{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.0121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 302.0121","heading":"DECLARATION OF SPEAKER CANDIDACY.","body":"(a) Each speaker candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission as provided by this section.\n(b) A declaration of speaker candidacy must:\n(1) be in writing;\n(2) identify the legislative session as to which the candidacy relates; and\n(3) include:\n(A) the speaker candidate's name;\n(B) the speaker candidate's residence or business street address; and\n(C) the speaker candidate's telephone number.\n(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a speaker candidate may not knowingly accept a contribution, loan, or promise of a contribution or loan in connection with the speaker candidacy or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a declaration of candidacy for the candidate is not in effect.\n(d) A declaration of speaker candidacy terminates on the earlier of:\n(1) the date the speaker candidate files a written statement with the Texas Ethics Commission stating that the candidate has terminated the candidacy; or\n(2) the date a speaker is elected for the legislative session as to which the speaker candidate filed the statement.\n(e) A former speaker candidate whose declaration of speaker candidacy is terminated under Subsection (d) may make a campaign expenditure in connection with a debt incurred during the period the former speaker candidate's declaration of candidacy was in effect.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 302. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES","SUBCHAPTER B. CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER: CAMPAIGN FINANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.302.htm#302.0121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"183f958ab9d386eaa2ace3614d8f0928a932d242668f29b50f895d6e9f6a616f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}