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TITLE 1ADMINISTRATION
PART 4OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CHAPTER 81ELECTIONS
SUBCHAPTER FPRIMARY ELECTIONS
RULE §81.114Conflicts of Interest

(a) No disbursements may be made from the primary fund to the county chair personally, or to an entity or business in which the party, the county chair, the county chair's spouse, or the county chair's family has a financial interest, except for payments for:

  (1) election day workers;

  (2) incidental administrative costs; or

  (3) the county chair's compensation.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "family" is defined as individuals related within the third degree of consanguinity (blood) or the second degree of affinity (marriage).

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(c) Discounted expenditures, such as a reduced rate for leasing space, does not exempt the cost from this section.


Source Note: The provisions of this §81.114 adopted to be effective November 18, 2003, 28 TexReg 10201; amended to be effective October 29, 2017, 42 TexReg 5853

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