| (a) An out-of-state political committee is not required to file reports under this title. (b) An out-of-state political committee that files an appointment of campaign treasurer with a Texas filing authority is required to file reports under this title. (c) A political committee must determine if it is an "out-of-state political committee" (and therefore not required to file reports under this title) each time the political committee plans to make a political expenditure in Texas (other than an expenditure in connection with a campaign for a federal office or an expenditure for a federal officeholder). The determination is made as follows. (1) Before making the expenditure (other than an expenditure in connection with a campaign for a federal office or an expenditure for a federal officeholder), the committee must calculate its total political expenditures made during the 12 months immediately preceding the
date of the planned expenditure. This total does not include the planned political expenditure triggering the calculation requirement. (2) If 80% or more of the total political expenditures are in connection with elections not voted on in Texas, the committee is an out-of-state committee and may make the anticipated expenditure without complying with the reporting requirements set out in this title, regardless of the amount of the anticipated expenditure. (3) If less than 80% of the total political expenditures are in connection with elections not voted on in Texas, the committee is no longer an out-of-state committee and may not make the anticipated expenditure without complying with the requirements of this title applicable to political committees generally. (d) Section 22.7 of this title (relating to Contribution from Out-of-State Committee) contains other provisions regarding requirements applicable to recipients of
contributions from out-of-state political committees. (e) An out-of-state political committee planning an expenditure in connection with a campaign for federal office voted on in Texas is not required to make the determination required under subsection (c) of this section. However, an expenditure in connection with a campaign for federal office voted on in Texas must be included in the calculation set out in subsection (c) of this section for an out-of-state committee making an expenditure in connection with a non-federal campaign voted on in Texas.
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