| (a) A disclosure statement that is required by §255.001,
Election Code, must contain the words "political advertising" or any
recognizable abbreviation, and must:
(1) appear on one line of text or on successive lines
of text on the face of the political advertising; or
(2) be clearly spoken in the political advertising
if the political advertising does not include written text.
(b) A disclosure statement is not required on political
advertising printed on letterhead stationery if the letterhead contains
the full name of one of the following:
(1) the person who paid for the political advertising;
(2) the political committee authorizing the political
advertising; or
(3) the candidate authorizing the political advertising.
(c) A disclosure statement is not required on:
(1) campaign buttons, pins, or hats, or on objects
whose size makes printing the disclosure impractical;
(2) political advertising posted or re-posted on an
Internet website, as long as the person posting or re-posting the
political advertising:
(A) is not an officeholder, candidate, or political
committee;
(B) did not make an expenditure exceeding $100 in a
reporting period for political advertising beyond the basic cost of
hardware messaging software and bandwidth; and
(C) did not post or re-post the political advertising
in return for consideration.
(3) the Internet social media profile webpage of a
candidate or officeholder, provided the webpage clearly and conspicuously
displays the full name of the candidate or officeholder; or
(4) political advertising posted or re-posted by a
person on an Internet website, provided the advertising is posted
with a link to a publicly viewable Internet webpage that:
(A) contains the disclosure statement; or
(B) is exempt from containing the disclosure statement
under Subsection (c)(3).
(d) For the purposes of Subsection (c), an "Internet
social media profile webpage" is an Internet webpage on a website
where members of the public may, for no charge, connect electronically
with other members of the public and share text, images, videos, and
similar forms of communications.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §26.1 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9746; amended to be effective December 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 10906; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 10541; amended to be effective January 6, 2019, 44 TexReg 93; amended to be effective August 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 5757 |
