Election Code › Title 15 › Chapter 253 › Subchapter F

Texas Election Code § 253.171

Contribution from or Direct Campaign Expenditure by Political Party

Restrictions on Contributions and Expenditures · Judicial Campaign Fairness Act

A political expenditure that is made by the principal political committee of the state executive committee or a county executive committee of a political party for a generic get-out-the-vote campaign or to create and distribute a written list of two or more candidates is not considered a contribution to a judicial candidate who benefits from the get-out-the-vote campaign or is included in the written list and is not subject to the limits of Section 253.155 or 253.157 if the get-out-the-vote campaign or written list:

(1) identifies the party's candidates by name and office sought, office held, or photograph;

(2) does not include any reference to the judicial philosophy or positions on issues of the party's judicial candidates; and

(3) is not broadcast, cablecast, published in a newspaper or magazine, or placed on a billboard.

Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source
Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 763, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 1995.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 384 (H.B. 3233), Sec. 14, eff. June 2, 2019.

This section refers to

§ 253.155§ 253.157