Texas § EL.254.164 - CERTAIN COMMITTEES EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES
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§ EL.254.164. CERTAIN COMMITTEES EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES
CERTAIN COMMITTEES EXEMPT FROM CIVIL PENALTIES. The commission may not impose a civil penalty on a general-purpose committee for a violation of this chapter if the report filed by the committee that is the subject of the violation discloses that the committee did not accept political contributions totaling $3,000 or more, accept political contributions from a single person totaling $1,000 or more, or make or authorize political expenditures totaling $3,000 or more during: (1) the reporting period covered by the report that is the subject of the violation; or (2) either of the two reporting periods preceding the reporting period described by Subdivision (1). Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (H.B. 89 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007. SUBCHAPTER G. MODIFIED REPORTING PROCEDURES; $500 MAXIMUM IN CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES
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