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Tex. Elec. Code § 253.005

EXPENDITURE FROM UNLAWFUL CONTRIBUTION

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Cook v. Tom Brown Ministries (2012)

Most recently applied in Cook v. Tom Brown Ministries (February 2012)

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person may not knowingly make or authorize a political expenditure wholly or partly from a political contribution the person knows to have been made in violation of this chapter.

(b) This section does not apply to a political expenditure that is:

(1) prohibited by Section 253.101; or

(2) made from a political contribution made in violation of Subchapter F.

(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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