Texas Government Code 305.029 – Expenditures From Political Contributions Restricted
(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.
(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:
(1) the registrant as a candidate or officeholder;
(2) a specific-purpose committee for the purpose of supporting the registrant as a candidate or assisting the registrant as an officeholder; or
(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.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 305.029
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) This section does not prohibit a person from making a political contribution or political expenditure in support of the person’s own candidacy.