Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 302.013. FILING OF STATEMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS, LOANS, AND EXPENDITURES. (a) Each speaker candidate shall file a sworn statement with the Texas Ethics Commission listing the information required by Section 302.014. (b) Each speaker candidate shall file the statement on: (1) t…

Sec. 302.014. CONTENTS OF STATEMENT. Each statement must list the following information for the period since the last filing date: (1) each contribution of money the speaker candidate or the speaker candidate's agent, servant, staff member, or employee received for the campaign, …

Sec. 302.015. REQUISITES OF FILING. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a statement is considered to be filed in compliance with this subchapter if the postmark shows that it was sent to the Texas Ethics Commission at its official post office address by registered or certif…

Sec. 302.016. PUBLIC RECORDS. (a) Each statement filed under this subchapter is public information and shall be preserved for two years after the election for which it was filed. (b) Unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders further preservation, a statement may be destroye…

Sec. 302.018. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. An elected officer or employee of the executive or judicial branch of state government may not contribute personal services, money, or goods of value to a speaker candidate's campaign. Acts 1985, 69th L…

Sec. 302.0191. CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES FROM POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. A person, including a speaker candidate, may not make a contribution to a speaker candidate's campaign or an expenditure to aid or defeat a speaker candidate from: (1) political contributions accepted und…

Sec. 302.020. PERMITTED EXPENDITURES. A speaker candidate may expend campaign funds for: (1) travel for the speaker candidate and the speaker candidate's immediate family and campaign staff; (2) the employment of clerks and stenographers; (3) clerical and stenographic supplies; (…

Sec. 302.0201. DISPOSITION OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS; REPORT. (a) A former speaker candidate may: (1) use unexpended campaign funds to retire debt incurred in connection with the speaker candidacy; or (2) remit unexpended campaign funds to one or more of the following: (A) one or more …

Sec. 302.021. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES. (a) A speaker candidate or former speaker candidate commits an offense if the person: (1) knowingly fails to file the declaration of candidacy required by Section 302.0121; (2) knowingly fails to file the statement required by Section 302.013…

Sec. 302.022. PROSECUTION BY INDICTMENT. Each prosecution under this subchapter must be brought by indictment rather than by complaint and information. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. SUBCHAPTER C. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY

Sec. 302.031. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "economic benefit" means anything reasonably regarded as economic gain or advantage, including a campaign contribution. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 302.032. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: PROMISES OR THREATS. A person commits an offense if, with the intent to influence a member of or candidate for the house of representatives in casting a vote for speaker of the house of representatives, the person: (1) promises or agrees to caus…

Sec. 302.033. LEGISLATIVE BRIBERY: ACCEPTING BENEFITS. A member of or candidate for the house of representatives commits an offense if, on the representation or understanding that the member or candidate will cast a vote for a particular person for speaker of the house of represe…

Sec. 302.034. PENALTY. An offense under this subchapter is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than two years nor more than five years. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 302.035. PERMITTED COMMUNICATIONS, DISCUSSIONS, AND ADVOCACY. This subchapter does not prohibit: (1) a person from contacting or communicating with a member of or candidate for the house of representatives about a legislative matter; or (2) a member of or candidate for the h…