{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-305.029","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 305.029","heading":"EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS RESTRICTED.","body":"(a) In this section, \"candidate,\" \"political contribution,\" \"political committee,\" \"political expenditure,\" and \"specific-purpose committee\" have the meanings assigned by Section 251.001, Election Code.\n(b) A registrant, or a person on the registrant's behalf and with the registrant's consent or ratification, may not knowingly make or authorize an expenditure required to be reported under this chapter from a political contribution that was accepted by:\n(1) the registrant as a candidate or officeholder;\n(2) a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of supporting the registrant as a candidate or assisting the registrant as an officeholder; or\n(3) a political committee that accepted a political contribution described by Subdivision (1) or (2) during the two-year period immediately before the date the expenditure was made or authorized by the registrant.\n(c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a political contribution or political expenditure in support of the person's own candidacy.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 505), Sec. 1, eff. January 8, 2019.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 839 (H.B. 2677), Sec. 2, eff. September 27, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. LEGISLATURE","CHAPTER 305. REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.305.htm#305.029","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e32064ae1f44f67b2443f3982b78506023d67b80f443fe9e776802049e9b7c29","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-305.028","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-305.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}