| (a) The name of a general-purpose committee must include
the full name of each corporation, labor organization, or other association
or legal entity other than an individual that directly establishes,
administers, or controls the general-purpose committee.
(b) A corporation, labor organization, or other association
or legal entity that "directly establishes, administers, or controls"
a general-purpose committee is one that has:
(1) the authority to actively participate in determining
to whom the general-purpose committee makes political contributions
or for what purposes the general-purpose committee makes political
expenditures; or
(2) the authority to designate a person to a position
of authority with the general-purpose committee, including that of
an officer or director of the general-purpose committee.
(c) The name of an entity used in the name of a general-purpose
committee may be a commonly recognized acronym by which the entity
is known.
(d) The name of a general-purpose committee may not
be the same as or deceptively similar to the name of any other general-purpose
committee that has an active campaign treasurer appointment on file
with the commission. The commission shall determine whether the name
of a general-purpose political committee is in violation of this prohibition
and shall immediately notify the campaign treasurer of the offending
political committee of that determination. In determining whether
the name of a general-purpose committee is the same as or deceptively
similar to the name of any other general-purpose committee, the commission
may be guided by Texas Administrative Code, Title 1, Part 4, Chapter
79. The campaign treasurer of the political committee must file a
name change with the commission not later than the 14th day after
the date of notification.
(e) For purposes of subsection (d) of this section,
a general-purpose committee does not have an active campaign treasurer
appointment on file with the commission if the committee files a dissolution
report under §254.159, Election Code, or the campaign treasurer
appointment for the committee is terminated and more than one year
has lapsed since the committee has filed another campaign treasurer
appointment with the commission.
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