Texas Administrative Code

A person who fails to comply with quarantine restrictions or requirements or a department order relating to the quarantine is subject to administrative or civil penalties up to $10,000 per day for any violation of the order and to the assessment of costs for any treatment or dest…

(a) In addition to other restrictions that may apply: (1) In a quarantined area, any regulated article intended for interstate movement, distribution or sale shall conform to: (A) the requirements of 7 C.F.R. 301.76 ; and (B) those requirements of § 19.622 of this subchapter (rel…

An article subject to the quarantine, or regulated article, is any article described as a regulated article by Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §301.76-2. Notes 4 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.617 The provisions of this §19.617 adopted to be effective February 9, 2013, 38 TexRe…

(a) Quarantined infested areas. (1) Quarantined infested areas, or quarantined areas (infested geographical areas subject to the quarantine), are those locations within this state in which the dangerous plant disease is currently found, from which dissemination of the disease is …

(a) Quarantined pest is citrus greening. The department finds that citrus greening, "Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus," is a dangerous plant disease that is not widely distributed in this state. (b) Description of dangerous plant disease. Host plants. Citrus greening is a danger…

Each shipment of plants and plant products moved within the state shall have legibly marked upon it in a conspicuous manner and place all of the following: (1) the name and address of the shipper; (2) the name of the person to whom the shipment is forwarded or shipped or the name…

(a) General. Movement of quarantined articles from the quarantined areas of Texas are prohibited, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section. (b) Exemptions. (1) Palm seed are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter. (2) Quarantined articles from quaranti…

(a) Quarantined areas. State of Florida and parishes of East Baton Rouge, Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans and West Baton Rouge of Louisiana. Areas of Texas described as quarantined areas on the department's Lethal Bronzing of Palms Quarantine web page ( http://www.TexasAgriculture.gov…

The following words and terms, when used in Title 15 of the Election Code, in this chapter, Chapter 22 of this title (relating to Restrictions on Contributions and Expenditures), and Chapter 24 of this title (relating to Restrictions on Contributions and Expenditures Applicable t…

The laws administered and enforced by the commission do not apply to a candidate for election to an office of the federal government or to a federal officeholder. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.11 The provisions of this §20.11 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9…

(a) The comptroller's statewide procurement division shall maintain a vendor performance tracking system on the comptroller's web page on which vendor performance reports and vendor grades submitted by state agencies are published. Vendor performance reports and vendor grades sha…

(a) An out-of-state political committee is required to file reports for each reporting period under Subchapter F, Chapter 254, Election Code, in which the out-of-state political committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures in connection with a state o…

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The campaign treasurer of a political committee required to file reports with the commission shall provide written notice to the commission of any change in his or her mailing address no later than the 10th day after the date of the change. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.15 The pr…

(a) A person required to file reports electronically with the commission shall provide to the commission an electronic mail address to which notices regarding filing requirements under Title 15 of the Election Code may be sent. (b) A person required to file reports with the commi…

(a) Records required to be maintained by § 254.001 of the Election Code consist of records containing information needed to comply with reporting requirements, examples may include bank statements (front and back), deposit slips, cancelled checks (front and back), receipts, invoi…

Except for special pre-election reports that are exempt from the electronic filing requirement, all reports required by Chapters 20 through 40 must be filed in a format prescribed by the commission or on forms approved by the executive director pursuant to § 18.1 of this title (r…

The filing deadline for any report filed electronically with the commission is midnight Central Time Zone on the last day for filing the report under the law requiring the filing of the report. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.20 The provisions of this §20.20 adopted to be effective…

A candidate must file a campaign treasurer appointment before accepting any campaign contributions or making or authorizing any campaign expenditures, including campaign expenditures from personal funds. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.201 The provisions of this §20.201 adopted to …

Because the state chair of a political party does not hold a public office, a candidate for state chair of a political party is not within the definition of "candidate" set out in § 20.1(4) of this title (relating to Definitions). Nonetheless, a candidate for the state chair of a…

Each candidate's campaign treasurer appointment shall include the following information: (1) the name of the candidate making the appointment; (2) the mailing address of the candidate making the appointment; (3) the office sought by the candidate making the appointment, if known;…

(a) If a candidate who has filed a campaign treasurer appointment decides to seek a different office that would require the appointment to be filed with another authority, a copy of the appointment certified by the authority with whom it was originally filed must be filed with th…

(a) A candidate may terminate a campaign treasurer appointment by: (1) filing a campaign treasurer appointment for a successor campaign treasurer; or (2) filing a final report. (b) A person may terminate his or her own status as campaign treasurer by immediately notifying both th…

A candidate, not the candidate's campaign treasurer, is responsible for complying with this title. Notes 1 Tex. Admin. Code § 20.209 The provisions of this §20.209 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9717.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, if the deadline for a report falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal state or national holiday, the report is due on the next regular business day. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a special pre-electio…

(a) A candidate shall file semiannual reports as provided by this section. (b) One semiannual report is due no earlier than July 1 and no later than July 15. (1) The period covered by a report under this subsection begins on the later of the following dates, as applicable: (A) Ja…

(a) A candidate who has an opponent on the ballot in an election must file two pre-election reports, except as provided by subsections (b), (e), and (f) of this section. (b) A candidate who has declared the intention to file reports in accordance with § 20.217 of this title (rela…

(a) A candidate in a runoff election shall file a runoff report, except as provided by subsection (b) of this section. (b) A candidate who has declared an intention to file reports in accordance with § 20.217 of this title (relating to Modified Reporting) and who remains eligible…

(a) An opposed candidate who does not intend to accept more than the aggregate amount of political contributions or make more than the aggregate amount of political expenditures (excluding filing fees) specified in Tex. Elec. Code § 254.181(a), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 1…

Semiannual reports, pre-election reports, and runoff reports must cover reportable activity during the reporting period and must include the following information: (1) the candidate's full name; (2) the candidate's address; (3) the office sought by the candidate, if known; (4) th…

(a) For purposes of this section and § 2155.003(e) of the Government Code, the term "vendor" means: (1) a person, who during the comptroller's term of office, bids on or receives a contract under the comptroller's purchasing authority that was transferred to the comptroller by § …

(a) As provided by subsection (b) of this section, certain candidates must file reports about certain contributions accepted during the period that begins on the ninth day before an election and ends at noon on the day before an election. Reports under this section are known as "…

(a) A special pre-election report shall be filed electronically as required by § 254.036, Election Code, unless the report is exempt from electronic filing. A special pre-election report that is exempt from electronic filing under § 254.036(c), Election Code, is not required to b…

(a) A candidate for a statewide office or for the legislature who accepts a political contribution during the period that begins on the date the governor signs a proclamation calling a special legislative session and ends on the date of final adjournment must file a special sessi…

A special session report shall include the following information: (1) the candidate's name; (2) the candidate's address; (3) the office sought by the candidate; (4) the date each contribution was accepted; (5) the full name of each person making a contribution; (6) the address of…

(a) A candidate who expects no further reportable activity in connection with his or her candidacy may file a final report at any time. (b) The term "reportable activity" includes an expenditure to pay a campaign debt. (c) Filing a final report terminates the candidate's campaign…

When this chapter requires a notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before a specified deadline, a delivery, submission, or filing by first-class United States mail is timely except as otherwise provided by thi…

A final report must contain the following: (1) the information listed in § 20.219 of this title (relating to Content of Candidate's Sworn Report of Contributions and Expenditures); (2) the following statement, signed by the candidate: "I do not expect any further political contri…

(a) The comptroller or a state agency may use the multiple award contract procedure only after the director or the agency's purchasing director has made a written determination that its use is in the best interest of the state. In arriving at a determination, the director or the …

(a) A candidate who files a final report and is not an officeholder when he or she files a final report under § 20.229 of this title (relating to Final Report) must file an annual report for each year that the former candidate retains unexpended political contributions, unexpende…

An annual report of unexpended contributions shall include the following information: (1) the candidate's full name; (2) the candidate's address; (3) for each payment made by the candidate from unexpended political contributions, unexpended interest or other income earned from po…

(a) A former candidate who was not an officeholder at the time he or she filed a final report may not retain unexpended political contributions, unexpended interest or other income earned from political contributions, or assets purchased with political contributions or interest o…

(a) A person required by § 20.237 of this title (relating to Final Disposition of Unexpended Contributions) to dispose of unexpended contributions, unexpended interest or other income earned from political contributions, or assets purchased with political contributions or interes…

A report of final disposition of unexpended contributions shall include the following information: (1) the candidate's full name; (2) the candidate's address; (3) the full name of each person to whom a payment from unexpended political contributions, unexpended interest or other …

(a) A former candidate who has filed a final report and who contributes unexpended political contributions, unexpended interest or other income earned from political contributions, or assets purchased with political contributions or interest or other income earned from political …

(a) The provisions in this subchapter that apply to an officeholder apply only to a person who holds an elective public office in the state and to the secretary of state. (b) For purposes of this subchapter, a statewide officer-elect or a member-elect of the legislature is consid…

(a) Except as provided by § 20.275 of this title (relating to Exception from Filing Requirement for Certain Local Officeholders), an officeholder shall file semiannual reports of contributions and expenditures as provided by this section. (b) One semiannual report is due no earli…