Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 2 - TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION
Chapter 20 - REPORTING POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Subchapter F - REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR A GENERAL PURPOSE COMMITTEE
Section 20.433 - Contents of General-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 general-purpose committee;
(2) the address of the general-purpose committee;
(3) the full name of the general-purpose committee's campaign treasurer;
(4) the residence or business street address of the general-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) the full name of each identified candidate or measure or classification by party of candidates supported or opposed by the general-purpose committee and an indication of whether the general-purpose committee supports or opposes each listed candidate, measure, or classification by party of candidates;
(8) the full name of each identified officeholder or classification by party of officeholders assisted by the general-purpose committee;
(9) if the general-purpose committee supports or opposes measures exclusively, for each contribution accepted from a corporation as defined by § 20.1 of this title (relating to Definitions):
(10) for each political expenditure by the general-purpose committee that was made as a political contribution to a candidate, officeholder, or another political committee and that was returned to the general-purpose committee during the reporting period:
(11) for each person from whom the general-purpose committee accepted a political contribution other than a pledge or 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 or 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 ( for a general-purpose committee reporting monthly, use the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.156, as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31):
(12) for each person from whom the general-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 ( for a general-purpose committee reporting monthly, use the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.156, as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31):
(13) 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 for those reported under paragraph (12) of this subsection;
(14) for each person making a loan or loans to the general-purpose committee for campaign 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( for a general-purpose committee reporting monthly, use the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.156, as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31):
(15) 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 for those reported under paragraph (14) of this section;
(16) 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( for a general-purpose committee reporting monthly, use the amount specified in Tex. Elec. Code §254.156, as amended by Figure 1 in 1 TAC § 18.31) to a single payee:
(17) for each non-political expenditure made from political contributions:
(18) for each candidate or officeholder who benefits from a direct campaign expenditure made by the committee:
(19) for each political contribution from an out-of-state political committee, the information required by § 22.7 of this title (relating to Contribution from Out-of-State Committee);
(20) 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;
(21) 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;
(22) 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;
(23) 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;
(24) the full name and address of each person from whom an amount described by paragraph (20), (21), (22), or (23) of this section is received, the date the amount is received, and the purpose for which the amount is received;
(25) the following total amounts:
(26) 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."