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fair market value of the goods or services at the time of the contribution
and the amount charged.
(20) School district--For purposes of §254.130
of the Election Code and §§20.3 (relating to Reports Filed
with the Commission), 20.7 (relating to Reports Filed with Other Local
Filing Authority), and 20.315 (relating to Termination of Campaign
Treasurer Appointment) of this title, the term includes a junior college
district or community college district.
(21) Vendor--Any person providing goods or services
to a candidate, officeholder, political committee, or other filer
under this chapter. The term does not include an employee of the candidate,
officeholder, political committee, or other filer.
(22) Hybrid committee--A political committee that,
as provided by section 252.003(a)(4) (relating to contents of a general-purpose
committee's campaign treasurer appointment) or 252.0031(a)(2) (relating
to a specific-purpose committee's campaign treasurer appointment)
of the Election Code, as applicable, has filed a campaign treasurer
appointment that includes an affidavit stating that:
(A) the committee is not established or controlled
by a candidate or an officeholder; and
(B) the committee will not use any political contribution
from a corporation or a labor organization to make a political contribution
to:
(i) a candidate for elective office;
(ii) an officeholder; or
(iii) a political committee that has not filed an affidavit
in accordance with this section.
(23) Direct campaign expenditure-only committee--A
political committee, as authorized by section 253.105 of the Election
Code (relating to political contributions to direct campaign expenditure-only
committees) to accept political contributions from corporations or
labor organizations, that:
(A) is not established or controlled by a candidate
or an officeholder;
(B) makes or intends to make direct campaign expenditures;
(C) does not make or intend to make political contributions
to:
(i) a candidate;
(ii) an officeholder;
(iii) a specific-purpose committee established or controlled
by a candidate or an officeholder; or
(iv) a political committee that makes or intends to
make political contributions to a candidate, an officeholder, or a
specific-purpose committee established or controlled by a candidate
or an officeholder; and
(D) has filed an affidavit with the commission stating
the committee's intention to operate as described by subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of this paragraph.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §20.1 adopted to be effective December 31, 1993, 18 TexReg 9714; amended to be effective October 4, 1994, 19 TexReg 7433; amended to be effective August 6, 2006, 31 TexReg 5910; amended to be effective November 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 8305; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 5697; amended to be effective November 19, 2014, 39 TexReg 8957; amended to be effective October 26, 2015, 40 TexReg 7391; amended to be effective October 27, 2015, 40 TexReg 7392; amended to be effective December 24, 2015, 40 TexReg 9111; amended to be effective June 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 4429; amended to be effective January 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 5665;amended to be effective March 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 2155; amended to be effective July 13, 2020, 45 TexReg 4737; amended to be effective July 13, 2021, 46 TexReg 4131 |
