Tex. Gov't Code Section 302.0121
Declaration of Speaker Candidacy

(a)

Each speaker candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy with the Texas Ethics Commission as provided by this section.

(b)

A declaration of speaker candidacy must:

(1)

be in writing;

(2)

identify the legislative session as to which the candidacy relates; and

(3)

include:

(A)

the speaker candidate’s name;

(B)

the speaker candidate’s residence or business street address; and

(C)

the speaker candidate’s telephone number.

(c)

Except as provided by Subsection (e), a speaker candidate may not knowingly accept a contribution, loan, or promise of a contribution or loan in connection with the speaker candidacy or make or authorize a campaign expenditure at a time when a declaration of candidacy for the candidate is not in effect.

(d)

A declaration of speaker candidacy terminates on the earlier of:

(1)

the date the speaker candidate files a written statement with the Texas Ethics Commission stating that the candidate has terminated the candidacy; or

(2)

the date a speaker is elected for the legislative session as to which the speaker candidate filed the statement.

(e)

A former speaker candidate whose declaration of speaker candidacy is terminated under Subsection (d) may make a campaign expenditure in connection with a debt incurred during the period the former speaker candidate’s declaration of candidacy was in effect.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 249, Sec. 3.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Source: Section 302.0121 — Declaration of Speaker Candidacy, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­302.­htm#302.­0121 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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§ 302.0121’s source at texas​.gov