Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) A disclosure
statement that is required by §255.001, Election Code, must contain the
words "political advertising" or any recognizable abbreviation, and must:
(1) appear on one line of text or on
successive lines of text on the face of the political advertising; or
(2) be clearly spoken in the political
advertising if the political advertising does not include written
text.
(b) A disclosure
statement is not required on political advertising printed on letterhead
stationery if the letterhead contains the full name of one of the following:
(1) the person who paid for the political
advertising;
(2) the political
committee authorizing the political advertising; or
(3) the candidate authorizing the political
advertising.
(c) A
disclosure statement is not required on:
(1)
campaign buttons, pins, or hats, or on objects whose size makes printing the
disclosure impractical;
(2)
political advertising posted or re-posted on an Internet website, as long as
the person posting or re-posting the political advertising:
(A) is not an officeholder, candidate, or
political committee;
(B) did not
make an expenditure exceeding $100 in a reporting period for political
advertising beyond the basic cost of hardware messaging software and bandwidth;
and
(C) did not post or re-post the
political advertising in return for consideration.
(3) the Internet social media profile webpage
of a candidate or officeholder, provided the webpage clearly and conspicuously
displays the full name of the candidate or officeholder; or
(4) political advertising posted or re-posted
by a person on an Internet website, provided the advertising is posted with a
link to a publicly viewable Internet webpage that:
(A) contains the disclosure statement;
or
(B) is exempt from containing
the disclosure statement under Subsection (c)(3).
(d) For the purposes of Subsection
(c), an "Internet social media profile webpage" is an Internet webpage on a
website where members of the public may, for no charge, connect electronically
with other members of the public and share text, images, videos, and similar
forms of communications.
