{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.020","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 302.020","heading":"PERMITTED EXPENDITURES.","body":"A speaker candidate may expend campaign funds for:\n(1) travel for the speaker candidate and the speaker candidate's immediate family and campaign staff;\n(2) the employment of clerks and stenographers;\n(3) clerical and stenographic supplies;\n(4) printing and stationery;\n(5) office rent;\n(6) telephone, telegraph, postage, freight, and express expenses;\n(7) advertising and publicity;\n(8) the expenses of holding political and other meetings designed to promote the candidacy;\n(9) the employment of legal counsel; and\n(10) the retirement of campaign loans.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","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#302.020","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"43e319176d061607f61c1db3ee420581f377f8ef413127ef569944c97acdf7f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.0191","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-302.0201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}