Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter E - REPORTS BY A SPECIFIC-PURPOSE COMMITTEE
Section 20.331 - Contents of Specific-Purpose Committee Sworn Report of Contributions and Expenditures
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
Semiannual reports, pre-election reports, and runoff reports must cover reportable activity during the reporting period and must include the following information:
(1) the full name of the specific-purpose committee;
(2) the address of the specific-purpose committee;
(3) the full name of the specific-purpose committee's campaign treasurer;
(4) the residence or business street address of the specific-purpose committee's campaign treasurer;
(5) the committee campaign treasurer's telephone number;
(6) the identity and date of the election for which the report is filed, if applicable;
(7) for each candidate supported or opposed by the specific-purpose committee:
(8) for each officeholder assisted by the specific-purpose committee:
(9) for each measure supported or opposed by the specific-purpose committee:
(10) for each political expenditure by the committee that was made as a political contribution to a candidate, officeholder, or another political committee and that was returned to the specific-purpose committee during the reporting period:
(11) on a separate page, the following information for each expenditure from political contributions made to a business in which the candidate has a participating interest of more than 10%, holds a position on the governing body of the business, or serves as an officer of the business:
(12) if the specific-purpose committee supports or opposes measures exclusively, for each contribution accepted from a labor organization or corporation, as defined by § 20.1 of this title (relating to Definitions):
(13) for each person from whom the specific-purpose committee accepted a political contribution (other than a pledge, loan, or a guarantee of a loan) of more than the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(1), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 in value or political contributions (other than pledges, loans, or guarantees of loans) that total more than the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(1), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 in value:
(14) for each person from whom the specific-purpose committee accepted a pledge or pledges to provide more than the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(1), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 in money or to provide goods or services:
(15) the total of all pledges accepted during the period for the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(1), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 and less from a person, except those reported under paragraph (14) of this section;
(16) for each person making a loan or loans to the specific-purpose committee for campaign or officeholder purposes, if the total amount loaned by the person during the period is more than the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(2), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31:
(17) the total amount of loans accepted during the period for the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(2), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 and less from persons other than financial institutions engaged in the business of making loans for more than one year, except those reported under paragraph (16) of this section;
(18) for political expenditures made during the reporting period that total more than the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(3), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31 to a single payee:
(19) for each direct campaign expenditure benefiting a candidate or officeholder, except for a direct campaign expenditure made by a committee supporting only one candidate or officeholder:
(20) for each non-political expenditure made from political contributions, other than expenditures reported under paragraph (11) of this section:
(21) for each political contribution accepted from an out-of-state political committee, the information required by § 22.7 of this title (relating to Contribution from Out-of-State Committee);
(22) any credit, interest, rebate, refund, reimbursement, or return of a deposit fee resulting from the use of a political contribution or an asset purchased with a political contribution that is received during the reporting period and the amount of which exceeds the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(9), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31;
(23) any proceeds of the sale of an asset purchased with a political contribution that is received during the reporting period and the amount of which exceeds the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(10), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31;
(24) any other gain from a political contribution that is received during the reporting period and the amount of which exceeds the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(12), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31;
(25) any investment purchased with a political contribution that is received during the reporting period and the amount of which exceeds the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.031(a)(11), as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31;
(26) the full name and address of each person from whom an amount described by paragraph (22), (23), (24), or (25) of this section is received, the date the amount is received, and the purpose for which the amount is received;
(27) the following total amounts:
(28) an affidavit, executed by the campaign treasurer, stating: "I swear, or affirm, that the accompanying report is true and correct and includes all information required to be reported by me under Title 15, Election Code."