(a)An out-of-state political committee is [not] required to file reports for each reporting period under Subchapter F, Chapter 254, Election Code, in which the out-of-state political committee accepts political contributions or makes political expenditures in connection with a state or local election in Texas. Section 254.1581, Election Code, applies to a report required to be filed under this section. An out-of-state committee that files reports electronically in another jurisdiction may comply with Section 254.1581, Election Code, by sending a letter to the commission within the time prescribed by that section specifying in detail where the electronic report may be found on the Internet [under this title ]. (b)(No change.) (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)(No change.) (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) - (e)(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on September 22, 2003
TRD-200306172 Karen Lundquist
Executive Director
Texas Ethics
Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: November 2, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 463-5800
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