Texas § GV.571.079 - POSTING INFORMATION RELATING TO UNPAID PENALTIES ON WEBSITE
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§ GV.571.079. POSTING INFORMATION RELATING TO UNPAID PENALTIES ON WEBSITE
POSTING INFORMATION RELATING TO UNPAID PENALTIES ON WEBSITE. (a) Not later than the 15th day after the date on which an application for a place on the general primary election ballot or for nomination by convention is required to be filed, the commission shall post on its Internet website: (1) the name and address of each candidate for an office specified by Section 252.005 (1), Election Code, who has failed to pay a civil penalty imposed by the commission for failure to file with the commission a required report or statement under Chapter 254 , Election Code, or Chapter 572; and (2) for each candidate listed under Subdivision (1), the amount of the penalty imposed and the amount paid, if any. (b) The commission may not post information under this section that relates to a civil penalty while the penalty is the subject of an administrative or judicial appeal by the candidate against whom the penalty is imposed. (c) The commission shall remove from the commission's Internet website information posted under this section as soon as practicable after the candidate pays the civil penalty in full. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 1.13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. SUBCHAPTER D. ADVISORY OPINIONS
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