Tex. Elec. Code § 251.008

CERTAIN POLITICAL CLUB MEETINGS EXCLUDED

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Bocquet v. Herring (1998)

Most recently applied in King Street Patriots, Catherine Engelbrecht, Bryan Engelbrecht, and Diane Josephs v. Texas Democratic Party Gilberto Hinojosa, Successor to Boyd Richie, in His Capacity as Chairman of the Texas Democratic Party John Warren, in His Capacity as Democratic Nominee for Dallas County Clerk And Ann Bennett, in Her Capacity as the Democratic (June 2017)

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 422, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) An expense incurred in connection with the conduct of a meeting of an organization or club affiliated with a political party at which a candidate for an office regularly filled at the general election for state and county officers, or a person holding that office, appears before the members of the organization or club is not considered to be a political contribution or political expenditure if no political contributions are made to or solicited for the candidate or officeholder at the meeting.

(b) In this section, an organization or club is affiliated with a political party if it:

(1) supports the nominees of that political party but does not support any candidate seeking the party's nomination for an office over any other candidate seeking that nomination; and

(2) is recognized by the political party as an auxiliary of the party.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.